
There’s two kinds of Stockholm syndrome, and neither is good for young scientists.
Continue readingWhy you might be able to make the biggest difference by doing something different.
Continue readingSeeing the faces of the current crop of ERC Starting Grant awardees (congratulations everybody!) made me realise that I’m not an early career researcher any more. Continue reading
One of the most common tropes in art is about people following their dreams, or being encouraged to do so. There’ll be a scene with a chance encounter and a conversation that eventually arrives at the question: what did you want to be? Why did you stop trying? And then: Why not try now? Continue reading
The Movember Foundation is a charity dedicating to raising awareness of men’s health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health. As part of the annual Movember event we’ve been running a series celebrating the magnificent moustaches of the men in white coats – a salute to some great minds, and the moustaches that went (just before them). Links to parts I-IV of this series can be found at the end of the posting. Continue reading
A salute to the also-rans. Continue reading
Women’s tennis can show science why excellence alone isn’t the whole story. Continue reading
Formula 1 offers a striking example of how meritocracies really function. Continue reading
What connects the European Championships, PPE and ventilators, the academic career ladder, and scientific illiteracy? Continue reading
Prince Philip, husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II of England, died on 9th April 2021. The obituaries and epitaphs, of which there have been many, have been united in noting and praising his life of service. There is however something curious about a person who was born into royalty and spent the majority of his life living in pampered opulence being celebrated for selflessness. Continue reading