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Category Archives: The Life Scientific
What I Read In April
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad: I May Be Wrong ‘Oh, your poor brain’, says Mrs Gee, when she sees the stack of things I really must read; the list of tasks I give myself. Then she passed me this book. Now, you’ll … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in a e moorat, abraham lincoln vampire hunter, amadeus, anthropocene, arkady renko, beowulf shaeffer, bipedalism, Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, c j cherryh, chernobyl, chris d thomas, conservation, dogs, dogs behaving very badly, dr who, franglais, golden age of SF, gorky park, graeme hall, hellburner, human evolution, immigration, jenna coleman, Jeremy DeSilva, jim Al Khalili, Johannes Krause, John W Campbell, larry niven, martin cruz smith, peter shaffer, puppeteers, Science Is Vital, star wars, The Life Scientific, the phantom menace, the tao of pooh, Thomas Trappe, whaqt christopher robin does in the mornings, White Rose, Winnie the Pooh, Writing & Reading
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Being Media-Savvy
I’m a great believer in media training, but the reality is that it isn’t as simple as ‘one size fits all’. Any training will no doubt help confidence and maybe point out your good and bad traits, but how to … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Gwyneth Williams, jim Al Khalili, Referendum, Science Culture, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, The Life Scientific
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Two more days to vote for the unsung hero of Everest
A couple of days ago the June e-Newsletter from the Physiological Society dropped into my inbox. Among other stuff it contained this: ———————————————————————————-
Posted in Blog-ology, History, Physiology, The Life Scientific
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IUPS Part 2
Now that IUPS 2013 has concluded successfully, I thought I should add a few of my conference thoughts, other than those mentioned in the earlier post. As I am a lazy so-and-so, and I can’t muster too much thinking … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, Getting old, History, Physiology, The Life Scientific
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Too Many Tweets Make A… Historical Record?
In which we debate the historical usefulness of hashtags, especially in connection with scientific conferences like IUPS 2013. I occasionally get asked, within my University and even beyond it, to pose as some kind of social media expert. Which I’m … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, History, Physiology, The Interwebz, The Life Scientific
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Shame. Or should that be ‘Postdocalypse’?
Not IUPS-related tonight – but something that should concern the people there – should concern *us*. Especially the people WITH senior positions. Scientific research has a lot going for it as a job.
Posted in Science policy, The Life Scientific, Universities
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Happy Birthday DC
It is a pleasure to wish a Happy Birthday today to my friend Professor David Colquhoun, who, as he reaches the palindromic age of 77, is still fighting the various fights for good science – and reality in general – … Continue reading
Posted in Getting old, History, Pseudoscience, The Life Scientific, Universities
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The Two Opposing Sides of the Desk
At different times in one’s life one is more likely to be an interviewer or an interviewee, but these things are never immutable. As it happens I have been the subject of several interviews recently, something which has made me … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, interviews, Science Culture, The Life Scientific
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Gerald Elliott 1931-2013
Posted in Family business, Getting old, History, The Life Scientific
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No passion please, we’re scientists
In which I put a damper on all this over-invoked passion. Regular readers of this blog (you know who you are, you two – stop giggling at the back), or of others in the OT stable where I can be … Continue reading
Posted in Annoyances, Grumbling, The Interwebz, The Life Scientific
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