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Category Archives: Science Culture
What Genre Do You Write In?
I’ve been reading a surprising amount about conehead crickets recently. An insect I had never previously encountered but which crossed my path, metaphorically, twice in one day due to my bad habit of reading multiple books simultaneously. On my Kindle … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged bumblebees, Dave Goulson, Mark Cocker, writing
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You’re Crazy, It’s Impossible
Many people get told messages like this. You’ll never manage this, you’re insane to try that, don’t even think about starting the other…..every reader will have their own particular bête noire version of these phrases thrown at them as a … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged #Ididitanyway, Bernhard Schrefler, Womanthology
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Are Things Getting Better for Postdocs in Cambridge?
As a recent article in Nature pointed out, housing costs in Cambridge are a significant issue for new recruits to the university. As a city it suffers both from its proximity to London – well within commuter belt, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged accommodation, North West Cambridge, Office for Postdoctoral Affairs
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The Importance of Finding Nothing Out
‘Melts in the mouth, not in the hand’: so said a chocolate advertisement from my youth for the predecessor of Minstrels (a discontinued brand called Treets). Melting temperature is of course an important consideration when it comes to the elegance … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged Andrew Cohen, chocolate, Hannah Devlin, Industrial Strategy Commission
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The Challenge of Taking Time Out
I have been marking exams. However much students may and do hate taking the exams themselves, marking is also a very stressful period for those of us who have to do it. We wish to do it with the utmost … Continue reading
