Monthly Archives: June 2012

Evidence of corruption?

Posted on 7 June 2012 by Frank Norman

Guilty.   Not guilty. The moment in the courtroom when a verdict is delivered is a moment of high drama, potentially a life-changing decision for the accused.

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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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On the road

Posted on 5 June 2012 by rpg

Protein Dimerization and Oligomerization in Biology is a textbook that can be yours for the princely sum of £126. I know this because last week I received an email from a cove in India wanting a copy of a chapter … Continue reading →

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Jubilee

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Henry Gee

Being as it is the occasion of One’s Jubilee, it is perhaps fitting to grace these pages with a Royal Anecdote, however tangential. Mrs Crox has more connection with H. M. than many. Her late father was in the horse … Continue reading →

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Posted on 4 June 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?
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How Not to Spend a Bank Holiday

Posted on 4 June 2012 by Athene Donald

While most of the country is thriving on a diet of bunting, boats on the Thames, nostalgia and street parties, many of us in Cambridge are struggling with more mundane matters. Exams. The University of Cambridge cannot afford, in its … Continue reading →

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Lonely One

Posted on 2 June 2012 by Steve Caplan

It’s been quite a week for me; an assortment of 6 different grant proposals having been submitted from my lab–most of them co-investigator proposals requiring a good deal of interdisciplinary coordination. In fact, the last few days I felt very … Continue reading →

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