by Nick on June 15, 2009

Keeping safe in the lab really only requires one thing: common sense. But if you look at what people are doing in the lab, you might think that that common sense isn't so common after all. What are the most stupid things you (read on...)

by Nick on June 5, 2008

Maybe I'm wrong, but I tend to think that people are attracted to biological research because of an interest in nature and the noble desire to make the world a better place. Those ideals are often stripped away in the realities (read on...)

by Nick on January 28, 2008

Please read and pass this life-saving information on to your friends. A chemical that all of us use in the lab has turned out to be highly dangerous. It is an asphyxiant, can cause severe burns and is a contributor to the (read on...)

by Nick on September 26, 2007

The hysteria among molecular biologists about our old friend ethidium bromide has long been an irritation to me. Researchers are rightly wary of this potential carcinogen. More recently this wariness has been whipped up into a (read on...)