Science Communication

Look what I picked up today! My bound PhD thesis! I got lots of comments about the colour: “It’s red!” “That’s a very bold colour.” “Wow, red! With gold letters!” …

I still have the keys to the lab. Well, they’re not “keys”, they’re two magnetic cards. The one for the hospital is probably blocked by now, but I’m pretty sure …

Playing with Google Trends is a favourite pastime of geeks. You can look at searches that are more popular in certain locations compared to others, and you compare the popularity …

Science news reporting is generally slow. Unlike sports reporting, for example, you won’t hear something until months after it happened. Today, the New York Times reports on the exciting find …

After 6.5 years in Canadaland, I forgot that I learned some new words while here. Not many – about 2 per year – and most of them Canadian or otherwise …

I previously spotted a blogger in an early twentieth century neurophysiologist, based on his love of writing and his consistent weekly letters to his mother. In thinking it all through, …