You’d think that a person who sets out to write a book on immunology would be an immunologist. A professor, perhaps, or a medical doctor specialising in immune disorders, or anyone else who’d spent some time involved in the field. For many books that does turn out to be the case – but not in mine. I studied some immunology at uni, but my...
Read MoreNews from the future:
Here’s something I didn’t know: library catalogues can include books that don’t exist quite yet. Case in point. For Terry Pratchett fans this, of course, is old news. All possible books – past, future and potential – can be found, for those who have the knowing of it, in L-space. Bring a banana, just in...
Read MoreMusgrave love
For anyone interested in vaccines, toxins and other issues pertaining to molecules and their interactions with people, pharmacologist Ian Musgrave’s blog is a must-read.
Read MoreKissing as Manipulation
Like millions of other people, I found the “First Time” video (20 strangers filmed kissing each other) on my Facebook feed, and spent a few heartwarming, vaguely life-affirming minutes watching it. The next day it turned out that there was more to the story than this: First off, this wasn’t a film-school project or a social documentary...
Read More…and we’re back
After about three years of inactivity, I’m dusting off the blog, oiling the creaky joints and getting it ready for use. the reason? A new book is in the pipeline.
Read MoreThe Buzz II: Revenge of the peers
short update: This article by Carl Zimmer in Slate might give you an idea of the controversy generated by the “Arsenic-based Life” announcement and research paper I wrote about a little while ago. Many scientists are not happy with the quality of the paper and argue that the NASA researchers may have been too hasty in publishing it, and point...
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