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One of my enduring memories of Oxford is sitting in the Chemistry School lecture theatre while a long-haired, leather-jacketed lecturer covered the blackboards in chalky organic reactions (the first time ever I heard about S~N~2 reactions; and a whole heap … Continue reading →

Please remonstrance me as ‘Steve.’ I don’t call upon for to ‘Professor.’ An existence seeing that this concentratedness espy a dock appointment someday. It’s Friday somewhere in the world. Audra has blogged about the tragedy of trying to write English … Continue reading →

Sex sells. We know that. I’ve seen the effect in the last few days at F1000: we published a press release about an evaluated paper. It’s about premature ejaculation, and is receiving two to three times more views than our … Continue reading →

bq. This is the (slightly edited) text of an email I’ve just sent to my MP, Simon Hughes (can I even mention his name? HT: Jenny) Dear Simon You are no doubt aware of the case that the British Chiropractic … Continue reading →

When I wandered into the kitchen this glorious spring morning, I espied one of the local Sciurus carolinensis scurrying around my garden, and digging in my strawberry pots. Opening the garden door didn’t frighten the little bugger away: he just … Continue reading →

I’m surprised there are nevertheless people in my junior high school and specifically my badger of warm up (molecular biology) that don’t advised of what Faculty of 1000 is What with the new gig and organizing a party and catching … Continue reading →

Grey light — and probably a crazy blackbird — woke me this morning, unable to breathe through my nose. I made myself a mug of Earl Grey (black, couldn’t be bothered looking for lemons) and went back to bed, to … Continue reading →

My little Sophie has a cold, bless her. She’s finding it difficult to breathe naturally. She was a little bit worried that she would forget to breathe through her mouth, as opposed to her blocked nose, in the night. As … Continue reading →

Immodestly points southward.

Last week I found myself in front of about 40 incredibly bright people telling them that Social Media is a waste of time. The venue was a rather spiffy Hotel & spa (and damn if I didn’t forget to take … Continue reading →