So we’re down to it – only one day left until the Canadian Federal Election, although many who are more organized than I am have already voted in the advance polls. As usual, our beloved national broadcaster has aggregated a lot of content on a dedicated set of webpages, so if you’re really interested in following this, that̵ Continue reading
I first came across Lewis Wolpert via his textbook Principles of Development which, to my mind, struck the right balance between seriousness and humour. “Principles of Development” captured the sense of wonder Wolpert feels for his research area, developmental biology. Wolpert is now in his eighties and is Emeritus Professor of Biology Continue reading
This bottle of olive oil, spotted recently in the Cuisine des Girrafes, advertises its contents at 500ml.
Given the brand, however, what’s the betting that it is in fact infinitely large?
Several days ago I had scheduled a lab lunch with my group, where I was supposed to treat everyone to Sushi in honor of a paper that one of my students recently had accepted. However, someone was sick, and we had to postpone. So I found myself in the unusual situation of not having brought my own lunch, which I like to eat in front of the computer Continue reading
“There have been times in the history of man when the earth seems suddenly to have grown warmer… I don’t put that forward as a scientific proposition, but the fact remains that three or four times in history man has made a leap forward that would have been unthinkable under ordinary evolutionary conditions.”
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I’m still emotionally drained after the Canucks’ Game 7 win over Chicago on Tuesday – what a crazy end to a crazy series! Round 2 starts tonight… I’m hoping for a little less drama this time as I’m not sure my heart can take much more of it!
Oh, and I also won the first round of the playoff pool. Yay me! Continue reading
This is a re-post of some career advice I wrote lo these many years ago for the Alternative Scientist blog, which is/was written by a group of bloggers for researchers considering careers other than traditional tenure-track research and/or teaching. The aim of the post in question was to help people get started on their new careers while still work Continue reading
A while back I wrote a post about active vs. passive voice – which isn’t the most exciting topic on the surface, admittedly, but the comments and some of the Twitter conversations I had about this were.
Part of what ensued was a debate about ‘science being about the data’
Here are some comments on that topic:
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