Have you ever wished your workplace would be a more social place? A place where, sure, you have to work hard, but you can also have a chat or a laugh with people you like being around? Below are several ideas to help you transform your lab into a nicer place to spend your time.…
The most popular tweets from the @F1000 Twitter feed and a particularly geeky cake…
After a week looking at retractions and getting thoroughly depressed, let’s lighten the mood a bit. I received (as a joke, I should add) someone’s bio in haiku form–my own fault, I asked for “a brief CV”–last week: I sit on my butt Hiding from controversy Dispensing wisdom Yeah, he’s in admin now. Can you…
The other week we were comparing notes on the seriousness of articles published in certain leading journals. One of the papers was reporting on a trial, Does the fly matter? The CRACKPOT study in evidence based trout fishing. Another was the notorious Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic…
A little bit of midweek light relief, from biomatushiq (click to enlarge):
First up, congratulations to Blake Stacey for winning the Name that drug competition. Blake, let me have a mailing address and I’ll put the swag in the post. For this week’s dose of Friday fun, what’s the cleverest or funniest article title you’ve come across? Ian has suggested this 2011 article from Lester Lau of…
Those of you who know anything about British popular culture will no doubt be familiar with Benny Hill. The Benny Hill Show was long-running and immensely popular—although it was often accused of being sexist, it was the men who were usually shown up to be idiots (admittedly in the presence of scantily clad females). Very…
What is it about science and knitting? The number of times I’ve been to a talk or panel discussion and there’s people sitting there click-clacking away. I think I’ve finally figured out what it is-they’ve all been practising for the Cheltenham Science Festival. Artist Alison Thomson has been collaborating with the British Society for Immunology…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be your first stop for ‘credible, reliable’ health information. It’s good to see that they’ve finally woken up to a very real yet often overlooked threat, and have a blog post detailing the things you should get ready in case of a zombie apocalypse. Of course, it’s…
O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. –William Blake Peter Lawrence has weighed into the debate on the state of research in an article for Lab Times, boldly…
