Monthly Archives: October 2012

It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #47

Posted on 5 October 2012 by Henry Gee

Hmm. Perhaps I haven’t been blogging enough.

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Why is it Different for Girls?

Posted on 4 October 2012 by Athene Donald

Some horrible statistics to kick off today’s post: nearly half of English maintained (state) coeducational schools don’t send a single girl on to do physics A level.  That’s right, nearly half (strictly speaking 49%).  When I was first sent this … Continue reading →

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In defence of reviews

Posted on 4 October 2012 by Frank Norman

Doug Kell, chief executive of the BBSRC, published an enormous review article in 2009 on iron chelation and disease. The review had 2,469 references. (D. B. Kell BMC Med.

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Toronto to Bangkok – day 1 (and maybe 2)

Posted on 2 October 2012 by Richard Wintle

Well, that was a long day. Or two. Having been on an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Tokyo, and then Thai Airways international to Bangkok for the CSBio2012 computational biology conference, I’ve lost track of exactly what time it’s … Continue reading →

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