Biology and Life Sciences
Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Behavioural Biology, Biotechnology, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Evolution, Genetics, Biochemistry, Physiology, Phylogenetics, Botany, Zoology, Evolution, Ethology, Genetics, Agriculture, Physical Anthropology
Fiercer looks
Tech on wheels
CGTs and the Gartner Hype Cycle
Gartner Hype Cycle diagram. Creative Commons. Are you familiar with the Gartner Hype Cycle? It’s a way of separating hype from reality when it comes to emerging technologies – like cell and gene therapies (CGTs). The hype cycle employs a graph to present the maturity of new technologies through five phases. Learn more here. The...
Online testing
Andrew Lewin on Making Media Matter
Andrew Lewin – host of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast – on Jaws vs. sharks, orcas vs. sharks, Asian carp and working with and against Canada’s department of Fisheries and Oceans and how young people can and do change the world. “There’s nothing scarier to a government than young people who care.” –...
Autumn Training
Our biologists had their noses to the ground this fall for two very different reasons. In September, they peered at scratches on tree bark, measured faint impressions on a muddy river bank, and examined the shape and contents of specks of scat. Then for a week in November, us office-dwellers were entertained with glimpses of...
Delusion of control
Book Reviews and Musings
Lately I’ve been dropping in and out of books, trying to find one that will catch my attention. So I offer you this week a few paragraphs on several books rather than a full review of one book, following my thought process as I dipped into each one. The Grey Wolf – by Louise Penny...
Trolley problems in scientific writing
Last week I wrote about the impossibility of deciding on the single best way to write anything – because readers differ, and what works well for one reader will work poorly for another. (Don’t panic, this isn’t a completely nihilistic position. There’s definitely bad, good, and better writing; there just isn’t best.) There’s an interesting...
