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On nutters

Oh dear sweet mother of God. My eyes turned green and my legs turned to MatriGel with jealousy when Jenny interviewed Billy Bragg (we are not worthy, we are not worthy, we are not worthy) a couple of...

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On a Bank Holiday

Two months ago now I wrote about the upcoming election in the UK, and what the two major parties (and Labour) intended to do about science engagement and communication. It was one of my usual...

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On all sorts of wrong

Just in case you haven’t seen it elsewhere, here’s a quick one. A tweet from mjrobbins (also at the Lay Scientist) left me quite unable to work, this morning. I was seriously angered and sickened....

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Whicker’s World

A “mammoth of news” is about to rise behind London’s Fleet Street, a printing press costing £600m and housing about 1,250 “cutting-edge” journalists. Ask not its value. Journalism jeers at the idea....

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Push comes to shove

It occurs to me that I’ve never spoken in public about Occam’s Typewriter (OT), where it came from, where it’s going—the whys and wherefores and WTFs. I have a sneaking feeling that’s about to change....

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On holding back the tide

Today is the Roman Catholic feast day for Canute IV, also known as Canute the Holy. This cove is not to be confused with Canute II, aka Cnut the Great. It’s Cnut the Great who, according to legend,...

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On treating with respect

It’s all too easy to call someone stupid when they disagree with you. Understandable, but wrong nonetheless. Some of these people, who don’t seem to understand science or reason, may be politically...

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On diversity

I was in a minority last night, and not just because I was one of the few men at #talkfest, the third such event hosted by the Biochemical Society. Last night’s affair was addressing diversity in...

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On being mainstream

I know a lot of failed writers and editors—and pilots and athletes and actors and physicians. They’re all working in labs. Science! A long time ago, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. We...

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You’d better watch out

It must be really tense in mission control during an ISS spacewalk on Christmas Eve. What better time to eat a burrito? From http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.Urm5rEDhyPG 2013-12-24...

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