Good Things happening! The American edition of SW has won the (take a deep breath, now) 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) / Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Young Adult Science Book category. Whew. Long prize name, there. SB&F – or Science Books & Films to give its full name –...
Read MoreChemistry in motion:
Professor Ada Yonath has won (with two colleagues) the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Hear hear. I was lucky enough to attend a talk she gave a few years ago at a conference, where she presented several film clips of the structure of the ribosome (specifically, the bacterial kind), how it works and its interactions with antibiotic compounds. These were...
Read MoreStand back, everyone.
There are plenty of good things about being a postgraduate student in the History and Philosophy of Science. Being of any use to anyone is not one of them. Unfortunately, my calling offers precious little opportunities for those “man-on-the spot” moments, the ones where you can confidently intervene in a situation and resolve it using your...
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