In the first lab I worked in I had a colleague that taught me an introduction to basic lab health and safety. I was lucky to have someone go through it all with me as most people I know started in labs with a slap on the back and a Read more…
All the cartoons you might have missed last week on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all in one place.
Health and safety (H&S) inspections are a fun annual tradition in research that we all immensely look forward to in much the same way as I look forward to having my foot stepped on or falling on some sharp wood. A H&S inspection has two aims. The first aim is Read more…
So as I wrote at the beginning of the year, ErrantScience is doing lots of bigger stuff in 2020. The biggest being that I work on it full time now, which is Amazing with a capital A. But in order to work on it full time does mean we need Read more…
All the cartoons you might have missed last week on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all in one place.
So we do lots of things. We write stuff, we do live talks and we draw cartoons… a lot of cartoons. The cartoons we draw are a mix of the random thoughts of the cartoonist (me) and inspiration from reading various science blogs and social medias. But a few times Read more…
All the cartoons you might have missed last week on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all in one place.
January! It’s been a busy start to 2020. In case you’ve missed them we’ve had a bunch of blog posts; Big announcements for ErrantScience in 2020 All about our exciting 2020 plans, including a LOT more content and books The big January sale (aka please clear out our cupboards for Read more…
As a science university student I’d conservatively guess that around 80% of my science time was sat on my bum. I seemed to spend most of my time in lectures or sat at a lab bench confused as to why my Petri dish of cheese mould was on fire. Even Read more…
The world of lab consumable sales is a competitive battle field of cut throat companies all fighting over a handful of confused researchers. Each company looking for a weapon in their arsenal to give them an edge. Much like that metaphor those poor researchers end up feeling stretched and confused. Read more…