Daily Archives: 9 November 2011

Transferance in performance jitters

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Steve Caplan

Being in science since 1986–which would mean about a quarter of a century since I began to study in university–I have spent a lot of time learning to communicate, both in writing and orally. I’m not sure when I lost … Continue reading →

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In which we leave our mark – or not [23]

Posted on 9 November 2011 by Jennifer Rohn

I like to watch eddies that form underneath waterfalls in a cascade, the ones you see in creeks of glacial run-off rushing down the sides of mountains. The milky-green water, and everything trapped in it, seems desperate to get from … Continue reading →

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