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This is the third of three posts detailing my experience of the Science Blogging Conference held at the Royal Institution, London, on 30th August. You can also read Parts “one”:http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/rpg/2008/09/11/on-science-blogging-2008—part-1 and “two”:http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/rpg/2008/09/12/on-science-blogging-2008—part-2. —————————— Challenging assumptions In the final session of … Continue reading →

Last week was Invisible Illness Week, as I discovered from Citronella. I also found out that one of my favourite webloggers, Katie of Minor Revisions, has been taking an anti-depressant for two years. I bring this up because it is … Continue reading →

I received rather a sweet email on Friday morning: I blogged about one small aspect that came up in your most recent post – I hope you don’t think i was poaching your comments. It just needed more detail and … Continue reading →

This is the second of three posts detailing my experience of the Science Blogging Conference held at the Royal Institution, London, on 30th August. The first part is “here”:http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/rpg/2008/09/11/on-science-blogging-2008—part-1. —————————— Parallel Sessions The first three parallel sessions dealt with ‘microblogging’ … Continue reading →

I was surprised to read in the comments that Grrlscientist had the second most popular blog at Nature Network. After a bit of cognitive dissonance I realized that Coturnix was confused by the closeness of ‘uber-respected international science journal’ Nature … Continue reading →

This is the first of three posts detailing my experience of the Science Blogging Conference held at the Royal Institution, London, on 30th August. Parts “2”:http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/rpg/2008/09/12/on-science-blogging-2008—part-2 and “3”:http://network.nature.com/people/rpg/blog/2008/09/15/on-science-blogging-2008—part-3. —————————— In the television series Californication, David Duchovny’s character—a previously successful novelist … Continue reading →

I’ve been back in Australia since Saturday. Already missing the old country terribly. I had a fantastic trip, and will organize some photos and put them on Flickr. Many thanks are due to Jenny for putting up with me, and … Continue reading →

The basic unit of life as we know it is the cell. Cells are essentially little bags containing DNA, the genetic material. The bag is made from fatty acids (oil) and some other greasy chemicals. Oil and water do not … Continue reading →

It’s good to know that if I can’t make it in science, I might have a career in making people laugh: Session 1 saw the opening presentations by Richard Grant (Sydney University) who gave an entertaining account about splicing regulation[…] … Continue reading →

Previously The Scientist has written about his offspring and how proud he is of them. He’s also mentioned, inter alia, slight concerns about their geekiness; that is, he’s a tad worried it might be genetically inherited and that if they … Continue reading →