by Dan on October 31, 2008

Six highlights from "Around the Blogs": Help High School Kids do Genetic Engineering and Make Glowing Bacteria "Why should professional scientists have all the fun?" Sandra shares stories of cool stuff in the classroom. Talking (read on...)

by Nick on October 30, 2008

Powerpoint is a double-edged sword. There's no doubt it makes putting together a presentation easier. Those who worked with slides, overhead projector films and the like in the years B.P. (Before Powerpoint) will testify to (read on...)

by Dan on October 29, 2008

Currently I'm reading Alan Chalmers' What is this thing called science?, with specific interest in the questions of expertise and the uniqueness of science as a foundation for knowledge. (Coturnix's recent post on Information, (read on...)

by Nick on October 28, 2008

Effective sterilisation techniques are essential for working with isolated cell lines for obvious reasons – you don’t want bugs from the environment growing in your nice culture medium, and equally, cultures must be (read on...)

by Dan on October 27, 2008

With a provocative suggestion, Mike the Mad Biologist proposed the idea of Top-down NIH leadership to determine where research funding should be allocated. The point is that, as DrugMonkey noted, it's too difficult for reviewers (read on...)

by Dan on October 23, 2008

With the new design for Bitesize Bio, I thought it appropriate for a re-assessment of what blogging here means to me. Nick started this site as a blog for molecular biology, with a bit of a dream to turn it into a community for (read on...)

by Nick on October 21, 2008

Finally, after a lot of blood, sweat and tears, the new Bitesize Bio has arrived. And, as you can see, there have been a few changes around here! Of course, the site looks much better and is easier to navigate. So, we hope (read on...)

by Dan on October 18, 2008

Why Do We Care Where We Publish "How can we assess the competence of a scientist? Past performance is, realistically, the only way to judge future performance. Past performance can only be assessed by looking at their (read on...)

by Nick on October 14, 2008

Imagine bringing some of the world's greatest talkers and thinkers in a conference and challenging them to give the best talk of their life, on whatever they want to talk about. Wouldn't that be an amazing event? And if someone (read on...)

by Dan on October 13, 2008

Have you heard: the 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest is open for submissions: Are you the sort of scientist who taps her toes while working in the laboratory? Didn't I see you pirouette on your way to the fume hood? You look like (read on...)