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Category Archives: Science Culture
A Pensieve for your Thoughts
Last weekend my OT colleague Stephen Curry put up a thoughtful and thought-provoking post reflecting on the shortness of life, where his is going and other angst-inducing topics including obituaries, all provoked by the fact that he was approaching 50. … Continue reading
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Dear Reader I am going to make a complaint. This is a complaint directed to many of you, but by no means all, so bear with me. I know I am not the only blog-writer who feels this way, so … Continue reading
Bust the Heroic Myth in Science
‘Paul Nurse believes in heroes of science’ was a line in my Twitter feed one morning recently ‘and so do I’ continued Roger Highfield, who gave the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Prize Lecture at the Royal Society on this very topic last year. … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged heroes, Paul Nurse, Peter Higgs, Roger Highfield
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Seasonal Lists (and the REF)
The end of the year is, by custom, the time for lists. Lists of best (or worst) photos, opening book sentences, or celebrity fashion faux pas; lists of those who died or those who made their film/book/TV/sporting debuts. Think of … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged New Year, REF, Twitter
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You Don’t Know the Rules? You Are Not Alone!
Are you one of those people who think there must be a ‘right’ way of doing every task, or are you prepared to muddle through making it up as you go along? A reader of my recent post on Being … Continue reading
