Daily Archives: 6 June 2012

Imaginings

Posted on 6 June 2012 by Steve Caplan

What happens to someone who is “swallowed up” by work commitments? You start to imagine–or think you do… The departmental hallway, recently

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #766

Posted on 6 June 2012 by Henry Gee

I have been deluged with several signs portents signs from our Latin America Correspondent, Dr A. C. of Santiago de Chile. There’s this; this; this; and, notwithstanding inasmuch as which, this; I wonder what this is trying to tell us?

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June 6

Posted on 6 June 2012 by Richard Wintle

I started off this morning by thinking about, of all things, the Canadian Senate, what its uses are, and whether the country needs it or not. But then, thanks to a couple of tip-offs via Twitter, I remembered that today, … Continue reading →

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Passing By

Posted on 6 June 2012 by Stephen

I was determined not to miss the transit of Venus today. Life’s too short. But this week I have relocated to St Raphael in the south of France for a conference on picornaviruses and had to leave my telescope behind. Despite … Continue reading →

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