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Letter writing – a response

By On October 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

About 2 hours after I grumbled slightly on Twitter about my MP not responding to my letter, I got an email:

Dear Dr Cockell

I can confirm that Ian has now signed EDM 767 and the online Science is Vital petition; however, he will be unable to attend the lobby in [...]

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Letter writing

By On September 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday I wrote to my MP, which is something I’ve not done before. The axe is about to fall on public spending in the UK, and science is at grave threat. My letter was based on the template that the ‘Science is Vital‘ campaign provide, [...]

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While I was away…

By On September 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’ve just returned from a week away in North Yorkshire, and scanning through my RSS backlog and FriendFeed from while I was away, I notice a few interesting developments.

Zotero made a firm announcement of a standalone version of their excellent open-source reference management tool. I’ve been [...]

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Save the Scientist, Save the World?

By On March 9, 2009 · 2 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iPaiylUYW0

Gordon Brown has already saved the world once, but it didn’t take. So the world needs another solution. i humbly suggest that the way to help save the economy, of Britain at least, is to invest heavily in Science and Technology. In the following I try [...]

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