Monthly Archives: November 2013

Wagnerismus

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Henry Gee

I remember it well – the moment after I, as an audience member at a panel at an SF convention, mentioned how much I liked the novel Ender’s Game by one Orson Scott Card, when the temperature appeared to drop … Continue reading →

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Those poor beleaguered bees! Now they’re being confused by diesel fumes. Or are they?

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Philip Strange

Bees are having a hard time. Pathogens, insecticides and loss of habitat are all thought to be contributing to a decline in their numbers. Now a potential new threat has been added to the “perfect storm” threatening these insects. A group at … Continue reading →

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In which I step out

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Jennifer Rohn

Six weeks into the big experiment, and I’m surfacing for a brief update. There is nothing I can say about new motherhood that has not been rehashed a million times, so on the topic of sleepless nights, lunching frantically on … Continue reading →

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Recycling Talks

Posted on 3 November 2013 by Athene Donald

You know that sinking feeling. You have a talk, at a conference or another university, coming up in fewer days (possibly even hours) than you feel comfortable with and the temptation is great to dig into the files and simply … Continue reading →

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Open Access Headaches

Posted on 3 November 2013 by Stephen

Tense, nervous headache? Feelings of confusion? Mood swings from warm optimism to a gnawing sense of futility? You’ve been reading about open access again, haven’t you? I know because I have and I recognise the symptoms.

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Tees

Posted on 2 November 2013 by Henry Gee

Many years ago I read one of those daft lists, you know the kind, you find them in magazines, colour sections and so on, with titles such as ‘twelve ways to know you’re not a pickled cucumber’ or ‘fourteen ways … Continue reading →

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