Monthly Archives: June 2012

Comment is Free, but Not Necessarily Sensible

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Athene Donald

Just as I was leaving my office at the end of last week’s typically frenetic activities, I was caught on the phone with an invitation to write a Comment is Free piece on women in science for last Sunday’s Observer. … Continue reading →

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Science it’s a *&%$ thing.

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Sylvia McLain

I really like film Legally Blonde. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about an sorority queen (think masses of pink) who chases her boyfriend to Harvard Law school. The movie starts off with a stereotypical girly girl, Elle, (very stereotypical … Continue reading →

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Science: girl things make you wince

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Bob O'H

On Fridays I usually try to put up trivial amusing stuff. So please take this is that spirit, because you really don’t want to take this seriously. Encouraging women into science has to be a good thing, and there are … Continue reading →

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Conference

Posted on 21 June 2012 by Steve Caplan

I doubt that anyone has missed me over the past couple weeks, but I have been busy at a scientific conference, with another on the dock for next week. So I shall be brief, and leave you with a photo … Continue reading →

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Blog Post

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Still Alive! Not Kidnapped. Quick Update; Boring Title.

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In which we look to the horizon: science is more vital than ever

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Jennifer Rohn

When Science Is Vital joined with hundreds of other organizations to successfully fend off threatened cuts to the science budget in 2010, the next Spending Review seemed aeons away. By now, of course, most scientists in Britain have heard the … Continue reading →

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Rubicon

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Stephen

This is a big deal for me: my first ever article in New Scientist – a magazine that I read in the library in Ballymena as a teenager. Pardon me for preening a little. What’s it about?

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The Finch Report on open access: it’s complicated

Posted on 19 June 2012 by Stephen

A committee set up by government was never going to foment a revolution. And so it has proved to be. The recommendations of the Finch Report released today mark a cautious, measured step in the right direction, but it is nevertheless … Continue reading →

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Light Fighting

Posted on 18 June 2012 by Richard Wintle

One advantage of working more-or-less right downtown in Toronto is that it’s possible, on occasion, to make time during the day to catch some interesting things going on. I’ve spent some time recently wearing my official photographer’s hat for the … Continue reading →

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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

Posted on 18 June 2012 by Athene Donald

Last week I spotted these words from Tolkien emblazoned on a poster (indeed several copies) on the walls of the tunnel which joins Imperial College and South Kensington Station. They seemed curiously apposite given what I had just been doing, … Continue reading →

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