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Monthly Archives: August 2013
What I Did In My Summer Holidays
Some of you might remember having visited our beach hut the Maison Des Girrafes Marine Biology Field Station. We gave this up about a year ago due to lack of use on our part – as well as the fact that … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Norfolk!, Domesticrox, heathland, jenny agutter, Maison des Girrafes field research mobile unit, north norfolk railway
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Landwards Ho!
A little while ago I noted that I’d had a story accepted in a new SF anthology called Looking Landwards, to be published on 28 October by NewCon Press, notwithstanding inasmuch as which I am in receipt of the official … Continue reading
Posted in Looking Landwards, NewCon Press, Science-fiction, Writing & Reading
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Red Flags in the Dragons’ Den
It’s a well-known fact that watching certain films and TV shows with a scientist is no fun at all – in fact, it’s almost as bad as trying to watch ER with three medical student flatmates, as I did every … Continue reading
Posted in bad people, genomics, idiocy, rants, science, television, videos
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AMERICA!
America! It’s been a busy few weeks—or rather few months. Sister’s and families from Israel and Canada visiting, the adoption of Ginger (AKA Vi), two students who have defended their dissertations and graduated over the past 4 weeks, and a … Continue reading
She laments, sir,….. her husband goes this morning a-birding
The book stall consisted of at least six large tables covered with all kinds and all sizes of books. Judging from the number of people milling around the stall, there was quality here although the prices (50p for paperbacks and … Continue reading
Posted in Alastair Fitter, birds, book stall, burton bradstock, church fete, Cirl Bunting, climate change, conservation, flowers, Guest posts, nature books, Richard Fitter
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Why I Can’t Write Anything Funny about the REF
It’s the silly season, a time of year when many people are on holiday and usually big news tends to be in short supply other than the the annual excitement over A level grades. (Mind you, not so this year, when … Continue reading
Posted in environment template, impact case studies, REF, Research, Science Funding
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In which I find ‘it’
When I pictured my ‘adult’ life in academic science, it never looked anything like what it actually turned out to be. Trained as we are through the ranks, the neophyte scientist is constantly exposed to her bright future stretching ahead … Continue reading
Posted in careers, staring into the abyss, The profession of science, Women in science
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Road Rage
One of things that annoy me—let me be honest, and say that along with pigeons, cycle helmets and Henry Gee, one of the many things that annoy me—is the inability of apparently otherwise intelligent folk to use a computer. But … Continue reading
Posted in Ill-considered rants, internet, pigeons, somewhere on the autistic spectrum
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I smell a meme.
Some days ago, Henry posted a set of what he describes as “more or less impertinent questions” asked of “various working scientists”, and challenged his readers to answer them. Now, I’m not much of a twenty-first-century technophile, but even I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Henry Gee, lazy blogging, meme, Q&A, science, The End Of The Pier Show
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Scholarly publishing: time for a regulator?
“…price rises coupled with high profits, mis-selling scandals […] and a lack of transparency over bills have destroyed consumers’ trust […], a committee of MPs has said in a report that also criticises the sector’s watchdog for failing to take … Continue reading
Posted in ofgem, Open Access, regulation, value-for-money
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