Picking up a project sometimes means getting stuck in a labyrinth. Continue reading
Losing the thread
Life at the bench
The wisdom of dinosaurs
The elder members of scientific communities are a valuable repository of accumulated knowledge. Continue reading
Garbage in, garbage out
Quantification in science is a good thing, so long as you’re not counting rubbish. Continue reading
The next top model…organism
TIR examines some paragons of experimental pulchritude, to the tune of the Bee Gees’ “Staying Alive”… Continue reading
Hugging the data wall
Is speculation a sin, or a stimulus? Continue reading
New EMBOlism – Resurrection Science
Our latest EMBOlism is now online – we hope this lodges in your brain! There’s references to “Jurassic Park”, chaos theory, genealogy, the British royal family, Jane Eyre, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Pixar, vampires, Albert Szent-Györgyi, and much more…
You can read the text HERE.
A bartender’s guide to the life sciences
A rather silly posting this week, but at this point in the semester everyone needs a drink. If you were a bartender though, which tipple would you offer to each type of life scientist? TIR makes a few suggestions to all the amateur mixologists out there… Continue reading
