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Garbage in, garbage out

September 11, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 2 Comments
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Quantification in science is a good thing, so long as you’re not counting rubbish. Continue reading →

Bad Behaviour

September 6, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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Nothing makes a parent smile like the sound of a child screaming… Continue reading →

Stop the ventriloquists!

August 27, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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Students need to learn how to answer questions. Not letting them do so is a failure of mentorship. Continue reading →

The next top model…organism

August 21, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment

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TIR examines some paragons of experimental pulchritude, to the tune of the Bee Gees’ “Staying Alive”… Continue reading →

Do your bit

August 15, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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George Stubbs, “Reapers”

One of the cruellest insights a young scientist will receive is how often the working reality of a field is very different to its grand image. Continue reading →

TIR film club: Blade Runner

August 7, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment

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TIR reimagines Ridley Scott’s dystopian science-fiction classic “Blade Runner” for a modern PhD/postdoc audience. Continue reading →

Into battle

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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Botticelli, “Venus and Mars”

Generally, the people who are good at winning wars are not good at winning the peace. Continue reading →

Hugging the data wall

July 24, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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Is speculation a sin, or a stimulus? Continue reading →

Holiday reading 2018

July 3, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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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

June 30, 2018 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment

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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…

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