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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Tears for lives and an ideal lost
Mindlessly meandering down Dodge Tears flowing like blood oozing from an arterial wound Lies and lunatics, spiraling out of control And all decency unmoored, with no captain at the moral helm
Posted in America, anti-semitism, hatred, racism
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Balancing science and the need to be politically active
Many fine articles have been written on the need for scientists to find the right “work-life balance.” Most of the time, the meaning of a work-life balance is equated with identifying a healthy balance between the need to dedicate significant … Continue reading
Posted in assassination, elections, murder, nationalism, racism, science, scientists, Trump, white supremacist, work-life balance
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Will I not be ‘Important’?
This is the troubled question Jeremy Baumberg asks rhetorically in his recent book The Secret Life of Science when he discusses the vexed question of what happens if he decides not to attend some conference, along with ‘Will I no … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, display, Science Culture, travel
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Rock Lobster
This list is written on a crumpled Post-It note. I like it. Crisp, business-like, no nonsense. Actually scrunched up to be discarded when it had served its purpose.
In which we science the world
My son just can’t help it. He’s not even doing it deliberately: he’s just acting naturally. Curiosity combined with razor-sharp eyesight is a killer combination for the accidental scientist. He sees things that I miss, with my own failing ocular … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic bliss, Joshua, Scientific method, Scientific thinking, work-life balance
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Our Bullying Culture
Many of you will have already seen the OpEd I wrote in the Guardian last week on the subject of bullying and harassment in our universities. I was heartened by the response it received, in so far as it was … Continue reading
Posted in Athena Swan, Equality, intimidation, power, Science Culture
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Why women in science cannot achieve equality when the president presides over chants of “LOCK HER UP!”
By nature and training, most biomedical research scientists are reductionists. For those non-scientists who are reading this, what I mean is that organisms and cells are so complex, with so many things going on simultaneously, that it is extremely difficult … Continue reading
Summertime
A year or more ago we were doing our weekly shop, and I found a shopping list in the trolley. Not ours—evidently somebody had been to the shop, got their stuff, and left their list behind (by design or accident … Continue reading
Posted in lamb chops, list, shopping, Shopping lists, wine
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Diversity? Who needs your diversity, we already know we are the smartest people in the room.
I am a member of an exclusive club. We, in our club, decide who the smartest people in the world are. The club, naturally, only contains white women who are below 5 foot 3 inches in height; 1.61 meters for … Continue reading
Posted in CERN, sexism, Strumia, Women in science
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