Monthly Archives: September 2010

Earworm removal

By 6000 | 6000 | September 30, 2010

We’ve touched ever so briefly on the fear of worm infestation before on this blog and being a microbiologist, I am able to advise you that should you find yourself infested with worms of the intestinal variety (Ascaris lumbricoides, Taenia solium, Taenia saginata etc etc) then you should take a good dose of metronidazole and [...]

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This is a blog post about a news website article about a scientific paper

By 6000 | 6000 | September 28, 2010

“The Lay Scientist” Martin Robbins opens the sluice gates of his reservoir of satire and lets the contents loose on the Guardian website: And I can’t really do it justice here – you have to read it yourself by clicking the link above. Suffice to say it’s damn accurate – in fact, the only bit [...]

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Don’t throw your lifelines away

By 6000 | 6000 | September 27, 2010

There aren’t many pop videos which begin with a poem written by a king. In fact, if you can name any at all, I’ll be impressed. And that’s going to leave you high and dry when that “name a pop video which begins with a poem written by a king” question comes up at the [...]

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When Hendo’s met Freddy

By 6000 | 6000 | September 26, 2010

Many of you will remember the DIY Biltong post from a few weeks ago. Well, since then I have experimented with many different sorts of meat and many different blends of spices in an attempt to create the world’s best raw-meat based snack. And while I was getting there slowly, my efforts received a huge [...]

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ISS mess

By 6000 | 6000 | September 24, 2010

One of the best things about being a Dad is being able to tell your offspring amazing things. Often, these things aren’t actually true and even if they are, parental licence allows for a huge degree of exaggeration. I follow @twisst14, one of the twisst.nl bots on twitter, who helpfully tell me (to the nearest [...]

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