\n \nI see the \n \nAnd\u2014<\/p>\n \nWell, you’re all way ahead of me already, aren’t you?<\/p>\n \nWhat about the ‘Gilson Challenge’? Or the ‘Pipette-tip Racking Challenge?’ The ‘How Many Colonies Can You Get Out of a Single Aliquot of Competent Cells Challenge?’ The ‘Who’s The Fastest Crystallographer?’ race.<\/p>\n \nI’m sure you can think of more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everybody’s at it. Everybody seems to want to sex up the appeal of their career, to attract BYTs to come and do what they’re doing, even if it might be counter-productive. Scientists are as guilty as anyone else (and I … Continue reading ![\"Active](\"http:\/\/blogs.usyd.edu.au\/labrats\/nature\/basra.jpg\")
\nGrim Reality<\/em><\/p>\nArmy<\/del> Navy<\/del> knuckleheads are at it, again. This weekend, the Royal Marine Commandos (who, before they start looking for me, I have to admit are the toughest bunch of bastards you could ever hope to have on your side) will be at cinemas<\/a> across the UK, laying down the ‘”Bergen Challenge”:http:\/\/www.mod.uk\/DefenceInternet\/DefenceNews\/PeopleInDefence\/VideoMarinesToChallengePublicAtASilverScreenNearYou.htm’, in which you have to (try to) carry one of the sixty pound rucksacks the boys in the green berets take with them everywhere (it’s pretty rough in down-town Portsmouth, I hear).<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.royalnavy.mod.uk\/upload\/img\/marines2_20081104220817.jpg\")
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