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Our Beirut Brexit
At 6:18 on the afternoon of Tuesday 4th August a huge store of ammonium nitrate exploded at the port of Beirut. The blast, one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history, killed nearly 200 people, injured thousands more, and … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, International, Science & Politics
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Augmented reality: me and my hearing aids
When I started out on this blog back in ’08 I made a passing observation about my age, having noticed I was increasingly lifting my glasses to read the date on my watch. Not long afterwards I upgraded to varifocals. … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Technology
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Ten Years a Blogger
Today is the tenth anniversary of my very first blog post. When I look back at that day in 2008 when I set out my stall on Reciprocal Space it seems a long time ago and a long distance away. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Communication, Scientific Life
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ICYMI No.7: a day in the life of a naked scientist
In case you missed it last week, I had a segment in the Naked Scientist’s 15th anniversary radio show. Or rather, three segments, based on a day-in-the-life-of-a-scientist piece that I wrote a few months back on the Guardian, that were … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, History of Science, ICYMI
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This week – reading, thinking and linking
This past week I have been doing so much reading and writing for work that there has been no time to prepare anything substantial enough for a proper blog post, even if I have been stirred by the excessive protests … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, History of Science, Science & Media, Science & Politics
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Prize-winning video
Well this is nice. The Celebrating Crystallography video made last year by the Royal Institution, which I narrated and helped to script-edit, has won the the EuroScience New Media award. Full details are available on the RI blog but it’s great to see … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science, Science & Media
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Get out of the laboratory
The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) kindly awarded me this year’s Peter Wildy Prize Lecture, which I delivered at their Spring meeting in Liverpool just a few weeks ago. The prize is given for “an outstanding contribution to microbiology education … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Scientific Life
Tagged science communication, SGM, Society for General Microbiology, YouTube
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Losing my virginity and the Café Scientifique Reading List
Last night I lost my virginity. To be precise, I lost my Café Scientifique virginity because I gave a talk about science in a café in Portsmouth at the kind invitation of local organiser Maricar Jagger. It was a really … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Communication, Science, Scientific Life
Tagged Cafe Scientifique, public engagements, science communication
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Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Carbon
I may not know much about Chemistry but I know what I like. And I like carbon. In fact, I’ve decided that it’s my favourite element. I’ll tell you why in the short video below, which is part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Protein Crystallography
Tagged Carbon, Royal Institution, science communication
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Write Right
If you thought I was done open access, think again. The taunting of the journal impact factor beast in recent posts was necessary because it is blocking the path to free dissemination of the research literature and the omnivorous creature … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Open Access
Tagged open access, PLOS ONE, Public engagement, Writing
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Here goes something: Occam’s Typewriter cornered
Well this is nice. Today Occam’s Typewriter opens a new cornershop, so to speak, at the Guardian. For me, this closes a social media circle that started over four years ago because I can trace my entry to the scientific … Continue reading
From the pedestal – take 3
Earlier this week I had an interesting email from Jesse Shore, President of Australian Science Communicators, about a blog post I wrote back in 2010. Jesse has kindly agreed to let me post our brief correspondence so I’ll let him … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science, Scientific Life
Tagged peer review, science communication
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