Monthly Archives: May 2014

The Great War Remembered #8

Posted on 15 May 2014 by Henry Gee

“Well, if you knows of a better ‘ole, you go to it,” by the Cromer Poultry Great War Re-Enactment Society.

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Falling To Bits

Posted on 12 May 2014 by Henry Gee

My car, Caroline the eVolvo 850, who is eighteen years old, has just celebrated an anniversary of sorts. This morning on the way to work she turned over her 170,000th mile. Now, this isn’t much in the great scheme of … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #98

Posted on 12 May 2014 by Henry Gee

Person throwing a bottle at a decerebrated dalek? At Victorian foundationwear? What? It’s all a matter of perspective.

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Attacks on the Royal Society Miss the Point

Posted on 12 May 2014 by Athene Donald

This post was originally posted at ScienceGrrl. Another year, another occasion to thump the Royal Society for the make-up of its new fellows. This time it was Nature that screamed ‘Royal Society still trails the US National Academy in female … Continue reading →

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Life in the Middle West

Posted on 12 May 2014 by Steve Caplan

I’m watching the storm predictors on the news, with tornado reports and wall clouds about 30 miles to the southwest, and bemoaning our decision to miss our daughter’s Carmina Burana performance with 350 vocalists at Omaha’s Holland Performing Arts Center. … Continue reading →

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Mars Attacks (the senses)

Posted on 10 May 2014 by Stephen

Last night on Twitter someone posted a ‘selfie’ taken by the Mars Curiosity rover. It’s quite a photograph, particularly since it captures a fantastic piece of human technology amidst the landscape of another planet. The detail is what makes the … Continue reading →

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Mentors: Does Age Matter?

Posted on 8 May 2014 by Athene Donald

Over the years I have benefitted significantly from mentors. Two in particular stand out: in Cambridge Sir Sam Edwards (whom I wrote about here) and, at that critical juncture when as a postdoc I quit the world of metals that … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Proud Father

Posted on 8 May 2014 by Henry Gee

Crox Minor is a Youth Ambassador for a charity called Children of Peace, which aims to foster links between children in the Middle East. You might remember that she had a bake sale at school which raised £85 for the charity … Continue reading →

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #232

Posted on 8 May 2014 by Henry Gee

‘You answer it.’ ‘No, YOU answer it.’

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My iron lung (redux)

Posted on 7 May 2014 by rpg

The is a modified version of a couple of posts that originally appeared in December 2006 on ‘Life of a lab rat’, my blog at the University of Sydney. Which is now sadly defunct. It’s not what you know, it … Continue reading →

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