Monthly Archives: February 2013

On biological modelling

Posted on 17 February 2013 by rpg

#2 The Nuclear Pore

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More Monochrome – Toronto’s Spadina Avenue

Posted on 16 February 2013 by Richard Wintle

For the second time, I’ve been featured in a gallery on the website of popular photography magazine, Popular Photography (see what I did there?). So it’s time for some more shameless bragging, tempered with a mild introduction to one of … Continue reading →

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That Was The Week That Was

Posted on 16 February 2013 by Henry Gee

What a week it’s been. Honestly, if you’d have made up this week’s news, nobody would have believed you. So, what have we had? * A meteor exploded over Russia, quite close to the city of Chelyabinsk.

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Moves to extend NIH open access mandate

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Frank Norman

We all love to be different – it seems to be a feature of much human activity that we cherish little foibles that set us apart. This is certainly true in the scholarly communications arena, though more recently journals have … Continue reading →

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How oil companies are helping to combat global warming

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Bob O'H

I just saw this news that Statoil is to be allowed to drill holes in the bottom of the North Sea:

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Fear of the Illogical

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Athene Donald

I’m on my way to Newcastle to talk to their Women’s Network about confidence, and it’s made me think a lot more about the phrase ‘Feel the Fear and Do it Anyhow’ – the title of a book I must … Continue reading →

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Autostasis

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Henry Gee

Following the discovery of the remains of the late King Richard III beneath what is now a car park, I invite my readers (both of them) to identify any other connections that car parks might have with celebrity. To start … Continue reading →

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The long and the short of papal reigns

Posted on 11 February 2013 by Bob O'H

If you’ve been following the news, or twitter, you’ll have noticed that the current pope, Pope Benedict XVI (pronounces Kss-vee) has decided to retire at the end of the month, to spend more time with his twitter account. Anyway, the … Continue reading →

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In which we make a mess of things

Posted on 11 February 2013 by Jennifer Rohn

As a rule, when I’m trying to be creative, I have a hard time focusing if my workspace is not pristine and well-ordered. This holds true whether I’m working on a novel at my desk or performing an experiment on … Continue reading →

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They Eat Horses, Don’t They?

Posted on 11 February 2013 by Henry Gee

Boris Johnson, whom posterity will regard as the greatest statesman of this or any other age, has been wondering about the sauce source of the British taboo against the eating of horseflesh, while le cheval is quite de rigeur on … Continue reading →

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