low-throughput

This post has its roots in a discussion during the coffee-time, inspired by an almost empty jar of condensed milk. It seemed obvious that s...

Over the last twenty or so years, I have changed several email addresses. Not too many — less than my postal addresses, in fact. It’s not a...

Two Young Pioneers , Volka and Zhenya, take the old genie Hassan Abdul-rahman ibn Khattab, aka “ Hottabych ”, to the football match. As the...

From Against Intellectual Property by Brian Martin: Few scientists complain that they do not own the knowledge they produce. Indeed, th...

From Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams : Indeed, it was not entirely clear if Reg had ever taught anybody at al...

From Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson : “But how do you know that the Observatory is on that peak especially?” asked Sniff, craning ...

A few quotes from a fascinating new book, Collaborative Computational Technologies for Biomedical Research (Wiley, 2011): Even within...

From the telephone interview with Dan Shechtman , the winner of The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 : Q : What do you think your experience ...

I have no illusions as to how many people read my blog. True, it was never meant to be read by many, but it is always nice to be reassured....

Do I remember the August Putsch ? Yes. Vividly. Early morning Monday, 19 August 1991, I heard the news on the radio. The classical music fo...