Monthly Archives: December 2009

Charles Darwin, the physiologists, and the Physiological Society – from the 1870s to the present

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Austin

Here is the Darwin piece I promised to kick the blog off properly. It started off as a piece for Physiology News, but has been adapted and extended. It isn’t quite finished to my satisfaction, and I am a little … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Physiology | 5 Comments

RIP Dan O’Bannon

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Austin

Any sci-fi film buffs on NN? I figure there must be a few. Not real science, but a sad day for sci-fi film buffs today as the news just broke that screenwriter / director Dan O’Bannon has died aged 63. … Continue reading →

Posted in Procrastination, Science-fiction, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Groan – not ANOTHER blog…

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Austin

Yes – I’ve finally set up a blog here at NN as a kind of experiment for the New Year. I’m probably known to some of the people reading here as a long-winded, if not always regular, commenter on various … Continue reading →

Posted in Procrastination, Uncategorized | 20 Comments