Most of us are well aware of Mendeleev’s version of the periodic table and perhaps no modern day scientist would dare to make an argument against the success in advancing the understanding of chemical research. It is of course his work that has allowed humankind to predict behaviours of undiscovered Read more…
“Naively optimistic” is a phrase I often find myself using to describe the necessary mindset of a first-time start-up founder. It’s one that certainly applied – and probably still applies – to me. It’s a variation of the oft-repeated comment that if you could see all the work ahead, and Read more…
Is it time I let go of the academic dream? I seem to have been battling with this question for several years now. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to do science – I mean proper science: lab coats, devising experiments, late nights peering down a microscope, Read more…
In today’s post I want to talk about something very close to my heart. My flugelhorn. No, it’s not a dirty word, or a euphemism. If you don’t know what one is, look it up. I’ll try describe it. It’s a brass instrument, slightly larger than a trumpet but sounds Read more…
Knowing stuff is hard. For a start, the word ‘knowing’ is utterly ridiculous and if I look at it for any length of time I just want to pronounce it “Ka-no-wing”. I’m sure someone will comment below as to why it’s not silly and the K is actually integral to the whole word Read more…
It seems my blog post here is going to be a bit different than the others. Not so much academia, more nerdiness, but lots of floofs. So, I get that most people hate to be told that they are wrong about something, but this whole blog post is about how you’re Read more…
Scientific progress is a tricky thing. Despite what you might think, the direction of science is not always forwards – sometimes as a species we can unlearn things which then take us hundreds of years to re-discover. Sometimes this is simply from ideas not being publicised enough and it slips Read more…
The title of this post might sound harsh, but it’s exactly how I felt the first time I was at a scientific conference. I hadn’t prepared very well for attending this conference, because I was focused on presenting at this conference.
I’m away at a conference this week, so being the highly organised blogger I am, I had a blog post already prepped for today. But then the US election happened… Now you might not know this but the most contentious cartoon I’ve ever made is of a rainbow pie chart Read more…
