Monthly Archives: April 2013

In which I dream of going viral

Posted on 3 April 2013 by Jennifer Rohn

In a post I wrote over on the Guardian yesterday, I made the comparison between early-career researchers and unknown musicians: But how does a younger scientist with a shorter track record, whose “excellence” might not yet be apparent, get his … Continue reading →

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Conferences

Posted on 2 April 2013 by Henry Gee

I’ve just come back from EightSquaredCon, the 64th annual conference of the British Science Fiction Society, which was held on The Ice Planet Hoth in Bradford. As it’s held over the long Easter weekend it’s known as ‘Eastercon’. As SF conventions go, Eastercon tends … Continue reading →

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Lecturer Spotting

Posted on 1 April 2013 by Athene Donald

The Easter break, relatively short though it may be, offers me an opportunity to introduce another raft of characters from the Athenian University to join my previous lists of Dramatis Personae/ character assassinations. Here I describe variations on the theme of … Continue reading →

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