Did you know that Brian May quit his PhD in astrophysics to tour with Queen? In 1969 he was in the advanced thesis writing stage when he gave up the …
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The US government has declared polar bears endangered, and their main threat is global warming. Environmentalists rejoice, because this makes it more likely that government attempts will be made to …
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Dark stories from the kitchen – melanin in fruit
A few weeks ago I gave a talk at a grade 8 class about my research. The long molecular biological explanation was out of their league, so instead I had …
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The Biochemistry department at UofT had a challenge recently: graduate students were asked to submit a video for “Biochemistry Idol”*, promoting Biochemistry, Toronto, and/or the department in under a minute. …
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I’ve been telling people that one day I’d try to put in words how I could work in a field that uses animals for research, but be vegetarian at the …
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How did I miss this until now? Conan O’Brien had a segment called Biochemistry with the Celebrity Stars. It was a bit over the top geeky with the goggles and …