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There is an incredibly smart lecturer in our department (there are, indeed, several such; I’m concentrating on but one of them) who nonetheless managed to say in a lab-meeting “… these four-helix bundles are designed to bind substrate …” I … Continue reading →

(I started replying to Rus Bowden’s comment , but decided I shouldn’t waste the opportunity to create a new weblog post. I think we scientists can gain an insight into the gulf, at least): Fun with ideas is (views the … Continue reading →

“and your chicks for free”. Big money. Big science . A good example of why we need to explain ourselves: “These scientists could trim $10 million if they would just cut out some of the purple and blue spheres,” said … Continue reading →

I think I’m going to make myself unpopular. Over at Popsci, Henry advocates the murder of a reasonable percentage of the population. Elsewhere on the web this week I have read how over a million Londoners are quite obviously stupid … Continue reading →

In Australia, chartered accountants (_Number 1 in Numbers_) have their own magazine. In an amazing display of creativity it is called _”Charter”:http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/charter _. I know this because there was a chap on the train this morning, reading a magazine that … Continue reading →

In a move that is bound to put Felix among the _”Columbidae”:http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/woodpigeon/index.asp _ the Journal of Cell Biology has come up with an interesting way of licensing its content. Emma Hill and Mike Rossner take us on a journey that … Continue reading →

So it appears that nature.com has been nominated in the _”People’s Voice”:http://pv.webbyawards.com/ _ section of the annual Webby Awards , the ‘Oscars of the Internet’. The vote closes today, but I don’t at all recommend that we all register and … Continue reading →

Coffee gets cold. There is a world of philosophy in that simple statement.

As I was preparing to move into my new study I came across something that, in another place , I said was in a box of old papers and memorabilia : Not a summer’s day then, but a bronze one; … Continue reading →

When I am World President, people will not be stupid. Let me rephrase that: When I am World President, people will have ready access to all pertinent information. And do what I tell them into the bargain. Inhabitants of Australia’s … Continue reading →