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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Cold Turkey
Why did the turkeys cross the road? How on earth would I know? They aren’t exactly the most brilliant species alive…
Posted in autumn, depression, fall, Lake Zorinsky, omaha, turkeys
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What does the Higgs boson look like? (Audio Version)
As an little experiment I sat down and recorded an audio version of my Occam’s Corner post on the historical account of the difficulties that scientists had in accepting the reality of atoms. You can listen here:
Posted in audio, narcissism, science, Spoken word
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Weird critters
I’ve found myself favouriting several similar posts from the “Dropping The Science” RSS feed lately, with no clear idea about what I was going to do with them. So here they are, in all their weird and wonderful glory, for … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, freakishness, furry friends, nature, photos
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Leadership, Management and Role Models
This week I participated in a conversation on leadership issues in front of an audience of women leaders from the Museum world. The conversation, facilitated/chaired by Vivienne Parry, was with Professor Anne Johnson, an epidemiologist from UCL whom I had … Continue reading
Posted in career paths, leader, role model, Science Culture, Vivienne Parry, Women in science
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On being mainstream
I know a lot of failed writers and editors—and pilots and athletes and actors and physicians. They’re all working in labs. Science!
Posted in careers, communication, defence, jobs, MOD, Public Engagement, RAF, rants, science
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West Nile Virus, Urban Vector Control, and the 50th Anniversary of Silent Spring
According to the September 18 update at the Centers for Disease Control website, over 3000 cases of West Nile virus (WNV) disease in humans have been reported in the US this year. Approximately half of these cases were classified as … Continue reading
Posted in DDT, disease vector, pesticides, Rachel_Carson, Silent_Spring, urban public health, West_Nile_virus
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Worthwhile
Dame Jane Goodall, in the lobby of the Royal Ontario Museum. “If you care about your children, you should care about this planet. You are not alone.” If I had any qualms at all a couple of weeks ago about … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, inspiration, Jane Goodall, Jane Goodall Institute, Jane Lawton, JGI, Photography, ROM, Royal Ontario Museum, science, Toronto
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There should be an APP for that!
(where APP = Automatic PDF Pusher) I have five browser tabs open to article abstracts, from four different journals. All five articles are currently published as provisional PDFs.
Posted in publishing, science, technology, the wonders of technology
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Jobsworthiness and Horror Stories in Equality
The policeman at the centre of ‘Gategate’, who may or may not have been called a pleb by the Conservative Chief Whip, has been called in the press a ‘jobsworth’, a term certainly not complimentary even if not in the … Continue reading
Posted in CV, Equality, job applications, Unconscious bias, Women in science
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Altmetrics: what’s the point?
A couple of weeks ago Stephen (of this parish) generated a lot of discussion when he complained about the journal impact factor (JIF). I must admit I feel a bit sorry for the JIF. It’s certainly not perfect, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in The Society of Science
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