Archive for July, 2007

Flour or fluor?

Jul 31st 2007nerd alert

It’s amazing how many people can’t spell “fluorescence”. Actually maybe it’s not all that

Morning visitor

Jul 28th 2007eyes

Had a nervous little visitor sleeping on my window sill the other morning – he didn’t stay long after I

Ending the Roommate Wars

Jul 20th 2007General

If I still had a roommate… I’d be pushing him to sign up for

Oddest Recruitment Bonus Ever

Jul 18th 2007General

I was looking around for jobs as I was preparing to graduate, applied to GSK (GlaxoSmithKline). Never heard back from

“On the side of science”?

Jul 11th 2007General

Although the authors are both on the side of science, they have not always agreed about the best ways to oppose religiously motivated threats to scientific practice or instruction…. In a dialogue they re-create here, the authors explained their respective tactics for engaging the enemy Scientific American, June 19 2007 “The authors” are Richard Dawkins [...]

Opportunity

Jul 9th 2007General & nerd alert

We’ve got some high school students working in the lab with us for the summer. Sounds like fun, right? Great opportunity for experience that’ll jump start their interest in science – and their careers. Well, maybe I should say “working”…