Category: Link

  • Don’t Die Young

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    I’ve been watching a little of Alice Roberts’ BBC TV series, “Don’t Die Young”. Dr Roberts is an anatomist based at the University of Bristol, and has been heavily involved in publicising science. (Is that a term I just imagined? I mean to engage the public in science). You’ll have seen her on the Coast…

  • Megan’s Big Swim

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    One of our first year medicine students at Swansea is attempting to swim the English Channel next week. As you do. (These students are nuts for doing things that are ridiculously hard). Go see how Megan is getting on at her blog: megansbigswim.wordpress.com. While you’re there, click on her “Sponsor me” link and give some…

  • Lego Universe

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    Wow, Jack is going to love this – Lego are creating a MMORG (massive multiplayer online game). You’ll be able to create your own character and earn bricks by completing tasks and solving puzzles. There’s an epic storyline too, explaining how Lego Universe and its characters came to be. If they get it right like…

  • Time

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    A thing on the BBC News Magazine about not having enough time, or making time, or using your time in the most effective way. Not sure, haven’t got time to read it. It does mention podcasts as being very useful in making the most of your time in between being places and doing things, though.…

  • Could water really have a memory?

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    The BBC have written an article on their webpages reminding us why we have to be careful scientists when we interpret our data, and why we use double blind testing. The article talks about a scientist named Jacques Benveniste, who was trying to understand homeopathy in the late 80’s. His data was published in Nature,…

  • epMotion music video

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    I am loving this. If you’re a lab rat I hope this bit of advertising from your favourite pipette supplier tickles you. Click the link: Epmotion Ad.

  • Rich & Matt’s Derwent Water swim

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    A couple of buddies of mine will be swimming the length of Derwent Water in the Lake District this weekend to raise money for charity (and for bragging rights). The length of the lake is a little over 5 miles, and the swim is likely to be a touch longer than that. It’s a cold…

  • Apple’s App Store for iPhone & iPod Touch

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    The App Store in Apple’s iTunes application has gone live today, and there are lots of very nice things in there. The free remote application is very nice, allowing you to control your computer or Apple TV from a distance. This might be something else I can fox students with in lectures. One application we’ve…

  • Wales for Africa Links Group Conference

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    I attended the “Increasing the impact of health links” conference. See how Wales is linking with African countries: wales.nhs.uk See also the ABM University NHS Trust link pages: swanih.org.

  • Evolution caught in the act?

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    A 20 year experiment appears to have observed the chance development of an evolutionary innovation. 12 populations of E. Coli, derived from a single bacterium, have been cultured separately and observed. Sometime around the 31,500th generation of just one population the bacteria became able to metabolise the citrate in their culture medium. E. coli cannot…