Category Archives: Silliness

A Quiz: What’s this a List of?

Posted on April 9, 2010 by rpg

It’s Friday, so here’s something scientific to fill your time until you can run off home. the following is a list of items from a manuscript I was reading last week. Can you guess what they are?

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Help With the New Policy

Posted on March 19, 2010 by rpg

One of the changes at the Nature network blogs has been the introduction of a whacking great big Policy button on the blogs. Not everybody is happy about this, partly because of the tone of the piece (Yes, Policy, I … Continue reading →

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Anyone Watching TV in the US Tonight?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by rpg

Over on Bioephemera, Jessica took some time out from her wrestling practice to eulogize over this advert, for a national Geographic programme that is on tonight in the US:

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Stirring Things Up

Posted on March 12, 2010 by rpg

Sorry, I just can’t resist doing this. I don’t want people to start slagging off ScienceBlogs, especially as it’s only a minority of Sbers who behave like this. And I could take PZed and Ed on single-handed in the beard … Continue reading →

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I’m Here! At last.

Posted on March 5, 2010 by rpg

The last couple of days have been strange at NN. First, we were told that the site would be taken down at noon GMT. It wasn’t so some of us spent the afternoon waiting to see when it would happen, … Continue reading →

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