Why has note-taking at seminars become so rare? Continue reading
Lost scribes
Life at the bench
New EMBOlism – The Rat Race
I’d like to thank…
What do Oscars ceremonies and scientific presentations have in common? Continue reading
Poetry corner: Cancer’s a funny thing
We’re paying homage this week to a literary classic from JBS Haldane, who probably embodied the spirit of playful irreverence better than any scientist before or since. This was his response to the cancer diagnosis that ultimately claimed his life. Continue reading
Losing the thread
Picking up a project sometimes means getting stuck in a labyrinth. Continue reading
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.
Total Internal Reflection 