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Novels about scientists going about their profession are rare, and over the past five years I’ve been busy trying to find them all, both hard-core lab lit (where what scientists do is central to the plot and the science isn’t … Continue reading →

With springtime weather filling London with the scent of flowers and friskiness, it’s never been a more auspicious time to jump onto the Geek Chic wagon. And what better way to attract the attention of that sexy post-doc down the … Continue reading →

My loyal readers may have noticed that Mind the Gap was silent on the topic of Darwin this year. I have nothing against the man, and admire his work as much as the next girl. I suspect, however, that there … Continue reading →

Momentous things always happen when I’m not looking. While I was off gliding through waist-high powder and suffering death by fondue in Les Menuires last week, Above the clouds Wendy Richard died of cancer, The end of an Eastenders era … Continue reading →

Thank goodness for synthetic rubber. (And yes, it’s Friday in many parts of the world.) My iPod Shuffle ran out of juice yesterday just as the deepest, darkest, most tedious phase of cell culture was about to commence. And it … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but when I have a hypothesis that bodes particularly well for fame, glory and high-profile publication, I am far less likely to believe in it. Somehow, it’s always the mundane that seems the most plausible. … Continue reading →

Writing about science is a hobby for some, and puts dinner on the table for others; yet others, like me, fall somewhere in between. People enamored of the idea of so-called “citizen journalism” (a nice way of describing the mechanism … Continue reading →

bq. My friend Richard and I are moving in perfect reciprocity at the moment, so we thought it would be entertaining to plot our opposing curves simultaneously. I left science publishing to return to the bench, and he’s leaving the … Continue reading →

We’re not actually paranoid: everyone really is out to get us. Last week at Science and Shopping, the UCL-based women in science networking group, we had a special guest presentation from Virginia Valian, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Linguistics, Hunter … Continue reading →

Stephen narrowly beat me to the mark, but I am honored to be published back-to-back with such an august professor. Enjoy your commute, one and all!