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Welcome to Science Groupie
Hello, welcome to my new blog. This blog will be about my love affair with Science, the places I go and the people I see. It will be about a book I just read and a TV show I thought was great and a...
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“Are You A Scientist?”
The Theatre at The Royal Institution If you hang out with members of the scientific community for a while (say, more than about ten minutes) you will almost certainly be asked this question. I know...
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Interview – Dr Pete Etchells
Every now and again on Science Groupie I’m going to prove to you that scientists are living, breathing human beings and not boffins in white coats. A big part of my mission with the blog is to create...
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Science Heroes – Richard Feynman
I left science behind for a while, and then science came back to me, tapped me on the shoulder and reminded me I was missing a friend. Through my late teens and early twenties I had no time for...
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Beginnings
My Twitter feed is full of it, and I expect yours is too. It’s that time of year when we’re full of hope and promises. We will go to the gym this year, we will complete the Couch to 5k plan and we will...
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Baby Steps
Anyone who is reading this blog is probably only too aware of the reported rise in popularity of the Geek Movement. Well, I’m going to say something outrageous and shocking. I’m still not convinced...
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On Dastardly Plans and Schemes
I know, I know, I’ve been slack. Please forgive me. Part of this has been to do with ongoing home troubles. Some of you may be aware that my family life has been suffering an employment downturn since...
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Interview – Suzi Gage
As “up-and-coming” early career scientists go, Suzi Gage as about as up-and-coming as you can get. Suzi won joint-first prize at The Good Thinking Society’s Science Blog awards in December (presented...
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Open Access for the Deeply Confused
On Friday my Twitter feed was awash with scientists and academics both rejoicing and despairing. Two big announcements had been released from either side of the Atlantic regarding the complex issue of...
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A Brief History of Time (Management)
When I was in my final year of A Levels, I made the terrible mistake of falling in love. Well I fell in love twice, actually. Once with a boy and once with a girl, but if you want that sort of story...
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When Science isn’t Scientific
When I fell in love with science again after a while away, I was besotted. I tripped though theories and definitions, misty eyed with possibilities. But the more I hung around with scientific types,...
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Interview: Dr Chris Chambers
Following on from my post about scientific misconduct yesterday I spoke to Dr Chris Chambers, Psychologist at the University of Cardiff and Associate Editor on the journal “Cortex”, about his...
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A Truly EPIC Blog Post
Not long ago I was with my hairdresser, and as the rubber gloves came out and the bleach went on, she asked me in passing what I do for a living. “Well, I’m a chef,” I said, “But I’m hoping to go back...
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The Significance of Significance
So earlier this year, with hope in my heart, I entered the Wellcome Science Writing Prize for 2013. Yesterday, like many others, I got the email saying that my piece had not been short listed this year...
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