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And… here are the answers nutjobs Vermouth Henry strong Anna shorts brain waves Ben As you only managed to get three right, I’m going to have to keep the entire class behind after school.

It is no secret that I have a professional interest (they make me do it, I try not to) in zinc fingers. So when I was tidying up the Pawns’ breakfast mess last week I was intrigued by the box … Continue reading →

A few things have cropped up over the past couple of days, related (indirectly) to the grand challenge from the last panel “discussion”:http://network.nature.com/people/rpg/blog/2008/09/15/on-science-blogging-2008—part-3 at SciBlog ’08. Grrlscientist has a long and thoughtful essay, also published at Research Fortnight (although I … Continue reading →

bq. Päivän lukuvinkki – Nature Networkin foorumilla tieteentekijä toisensa jälkeen “tunnustaa kärsivänsä tai kärsineensä vakavasta masennuksesta”:http://network.nature.com/people/rpg/blog/2008/09/14/on-depression—a-personal-perspective ja tukeutuneensa lääkkeisiinkin. Hyvin terapeuttista luettavaa. On ihan tavallista olla hajalla gradschoolissa! Ja sen jälkeenkin! Apparently. Bob?

I sat down to write a serious entry this evening (I like to hide my serious entries on a Sunday, so they don’t garner so much “attention”:http://network.nature.com/people/rpg/blog/2008/09/14/on-depression—a-personal-perspective cough ). Unfortunately–or perhaps not, depending on your point of view–it just wasn’t … Continue reading →

A student in our lab is heading to Cambridge in a couple of weeks. I gave her the contact details of a friend and ex-colleague: In case you need a friendly face in Cambridge (actually he’s a scary face, but … Continue reading →

A friend of mine came up to me at the end of a seminar I gave a couple of months ago, and informed me that I ‘um’ed 26 times in about 20 minutes. This was a bit of a shock, … Continue reading →

Neil claims that The Australian is about the only Australian daily with a science/nature section on their website (q.v. Pamela). Coincidentally a local contact suggested I approach the Australian about running the Science Blogging Conference(s) in their ‘Higher Education’ section, … Continue reading →

Scienceblogs.com is to Nature Network as Microsoft is to Apple. You be the judge.

Tickles me, this does.