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Quick, and highly scientific (_Riiight—Ed._) poll. Does anyone actually read journals for research articles anymore? I don’t mean does anyone read articles (I hope you do before you cite them…), but do people take each new issue of a journal … Continue reading →

Returning from Bondi this afternoon, Bondi, this afternoon we stopped off at our local off-licence and found something rather special. I had to go into the lab this evening, and when I got back, it had warmed up to the … Continue reading →

Elsewhere on NN, Anna Cath takes issue with the framing of cancer as a ‘bioterrorist’. Personally, having sat through another hour-long talk on jun and fos, I’m going to take issue with the framing of cancer as something to be … Continue reading →

Oooh, why, you— cheater!

As scientists, communicating what we do and why we do it is important. We communicate with other scientists—what we’ve done, in papers; what we’re doing, in poster sessions and seminars; and what we’re about to do, in dark alleys at … Continue reading →

A perennial problem in our lab is that of labcoats. It’s probably fairer to say that the problem is the people, not the labcoats: a few people do wear them regularly, most do not. This may be due in part … Continue reading →

Who are ScienceStage.com and why they sending _nonrecurring co-operation request_s to an email address of mine, that as far as I know, has never been made public? ScienceStage.com is a virtual conference room, lecture hall, laboratory, library and meeting venue … Continue reading →

“How do we make water?” That was the question I was asked on Wednesday morning, by the Younger Pawn (YP, nine on 5th November). Not, as you might expect, “where does water come from?” but specifically, “how do we make … Continue reading →

Your turn. (As per Henry.)

As I said elsewhere we scored some money from the ARC this week. We were not so fortunate with the NHMRC, which is a little bit of a shame because they’ve been paying my salary. (Our own fault—we haven’t found … Continue reading →