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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Ban It
The British Medical Association has called for a ban on people smoking in cars. Not other peoples’ cars – their own cars. Now, I don’t know about you, but I think it’s an outrageous idea. What business do doctors have … Continue reading
Posted in A random tag to please Bob O'Hara, BMA, bukdog clips, case for spare pair of spectacles, fragments of skin, freedom, Guardian Readers, key fob, Politicrox, sex, smoking, the Guardian, the Spectator
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Seminars that Bomb
It’s a strange thing how giving essentially the same talk at different venues/to different audiences can lead to such variable responses. The reasons for this are many and complex, and not always under one’s control; sometimes it is far from … Continue reading
Posted in audience, Interdisciplinary Science, public speaking, Research, Science Culture, students
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Mythos
Plain arrows are langweilig, nicht wahr?
Posted in academia, fantasy, fluff, graffiti, here_be_dragons
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Its the right idea….almost [2]
Peter Thiel who invented PayPal and presciently invested in Facebook has announced that he is giving money though a scheme called ‘Breakout Labs’ where independent researchers and start-up companies will be funded philanthropically through a grant-proposal process and that any … Continue reading
Posted in Breakout Labs, funding, Peter Thiel, Philanthrocapitalism, Philanthroscience, Science Funding
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Signs of tampering
In the internet age, anyone can have their say on anything; news articles, blog posts, YouTube videos, politicians’ Facebook pages and pretty much everything else you can find online all have comment sections. Last week, however, the most striking examples … Continue reading
Posted in communication, current affairs, drunkenness, Instagram, Music, photos, Vancouver
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Animals
You’ll both know by now that we’re very fond of animals here at the Maison des Girrafes. At the moment we have two dogs, four cats, a rabbit, thirteen hens, two snakes, five freshwater tropical fish and an axolotl. We’ve previously … Continue reading
Posted in canis croxorum, defiant the guinea pig, human evolution, Pat Shipman, The Animal Connection, the beowulf effect, Writing & Reading
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City Reads
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? And miss it each day and night? I know I’m not wrong – this feeling’s gettin’ stronger The longer I stay away. Miss them moss-covered vines, the tall sugar pines … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, cities, city books, New Orleans, olfaction
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Alive to the prospects for libel reform [13]
The campaign for libel reform has been grinding away for several years now but there was still a buzz of expectation as we gathered in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons last Wednesday evening. By 6 pm the … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform, Science & Politics
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Rational goals for science education
There were two events that conspired this past week to lead me to the topic of education–and particularly science education. The first was the unlikely event in which I actually watched television. Although we do have a small screen telly … Continue reading
