Generally, the people who are good at winning wars are not good at winning the peace. Continue reading
Into battle
Hugging the data wall
Is speculation a sin, or a stimulus? Continue reading
Holiday reading 2018
TIR will be away for the next couple of weeks, so as is now traditional we’re leaving you with a few recommendations for your holiday reading. Some old, some newish, but all page-turners in their own way. 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
Angels with dirty faces
Getting research funding is like playing a casino, but it’s not just the house that holds the aces. Continue reading
Who’s at the wheel?
Unthinking reliance on commercial research aids and reagents can cause a debilitating erosion in basic knowledge. Continue reading
A chip off the old block
Supervisors don’t just train you in techniques, to a degree they impart their ideology as well. Continue reading
Check the technique (a short guide to critical reading of scientific papers)
Artwork by Oliver Hoeller.
In the latest “How to…” guide, TIR offers a few tips and recommendations on the critical evaluation of scientific papers. Continue reading
EMBOlism no.1 – science and anarchy
Our first contribution to EMBO Reports is now available online. Is science an example of a functioning anarchy?
You can read it HERE.
Total Internal Reflection 