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Remember Eureka? Bora’s been trying to get hold of it. But the word on the street is that he’s going to really really try to come to Science Online London this year (um, Victor, we really need to change the … Continue reading →

What technologies are so ubiquitous, so familiar, that we barely recognize them as technologies any more? I went to the Libraries of the Future workshop today. This is an initiative set up to explore what academic libraries might look like … Continue reading →

Q. How many bloggers does it take to change a lightbulb? A. YOU’RE CLEANING YOUR TEETH THE WRONG WAY! EVERYONE KNOWS YOU SHOULD GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT YOU MORON! That’s the kind of surrealism I’ve been encountering the last … Continue reading →

I had lunch with Sarah Greene, the new editor of The Scientist today (so new, the yolk’s still glistening). It’s not name-dropping if I work with her (and anyway, I wrote the press release). Where was I? Oh yes. We … Continue reading →

Eva Amsen, the UK welcomes you! (I was going to post a picture of Eva, but she gets upset at that. So here’s a snowman instead)

More and more frequently the edges of me dissolve and I become a wish to assimilate the world, including you, if possible through the skin like a cool plant’s tricks with oxygen and live by a harmless green burning (Margaret … Continue reading →

bq. just saw AVATAR… long and a bit boring in places but GODDAM AMAZING EFFECTS says the Elder Pawn on her Facebook profile. Which is a succinct review, if a little lacking in insight. But she’s right: I took the … Continue reading →

bq. I should imagine that most readers of this blog do not seriously think that women are any less able, intrinsically, than men to do science. (Wired readers excepted.) It all started when I gave a friend a Bosch cordless … Continue reading →

You already know I’m a propeller-head. I heart technology. I’ll love any gadget as long as it’s black. Or has wings. Preferably both. So there I was, ready to write a serious blog post about sexism and whatnot, and decided … Continue reading →

Benoit’s comment on Jenny’s blog reminds me of the time that I was scooped, but not because my boss was carefree with data. I’ll tell you about that some other time, though, because there’s an another issue he mentions that’s … Continue reading →