Monthly Archives: August 2014

It’s time to take responsibility – why the editor of The Lancet should resign

Posted on 9 August 2014 by Steve Caplan

There are a lot of people, governments, and organizations who need to step up and take responsibility. But in this piece about taking responsibility, I call on Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, the UK’s premier medical journal, to apologize … Continue reading →

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In which I receive a gift

Posted on 8 August 2014 by Jennifer Rohn

What do you buy the female scientist who has everything? A few days ago I noticed a news clip in the London Evening Standard, mentioning that a new line of Lego featuring women researchers had sold out within hours of … Continue reading →

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Mulling it Over

Posted on 6 August 2014 by Athene Donald

Writing. Putting finger to keyboard. Churning out the thesis (or paper or grant proposal). This week’s cartoon in the THE reflected on this challenge of thesis-writing, ending with the punchline ‘Writing: the most impossible short distance in the history of … Continue reading →

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Why a talented researcher – but a naive saleswoman – had to resort to #crowdfunding

Posted on 1 August 2014 by Heather

I went and wrote, go ahead, launch the campaign – unprepared, at the end of July. That said, we ARE going to succeed in raising the money we so desperately need to make concrete things happen in our lab: registering … Continue reading →

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