Sarah Kendrew

The idea of running universities like businesses is all very well, but what if the academics don't like it? - Sarah Kendrew from Bookmarklet

campaigning against pink stuff aimed at girls. good work. - Sarah Kendrew from Bookmarklet

"Man smokkelt reptielen in ondergoed Een Duitse toerist heeft geprobeerd om tientallen hagedissen uit Nieuw-Zeeland te smokkelen door ze in zijn ondergoed te verbergen. De man werd aangehouden op het vliegveld van Christchurch. De douane vond 23 gekko's en twintig skinken in zijn ondergoed. De Duitser had de diertjes in het wild gevangen en wilde ze voor veel geld verkopen." - Sarah Kendrew from Bookmarklet

In English: German man tried to smuggle 23 geckos and 20 skinks into Germany from New Zealand. In his underwear. - Sarah Kendrew

Guest post on Andy Lawrence's blog from Steve Warren, asking for votes on two interesting proposals. (1) introduce ‘ranked-normalised’ citations; (2) to give away a small amount of telescope time by lottery. For example at the end of the meeeting the ESO OPC (or HST, Chandra, etc) would throw the names of all the successful PIs into a hat, and draw out one, who is then given 8 hours of grade A VLT time to do whatever they want. They wouldn’t have to justify the science in any way, and would be free to collaborate with anyone who they might think has a better idea. - Sarah Kendrew

"A scientific career is, for many of us, one of the most intense endeavors that we undertake. It both captures and defines our lives. As a scientist, you often think and worry about your work when you are out of the laboratory -- even while lying in bed at night. You experience waves of enthusiasm, rebelliousness, and even self-doubt as you continually weigh your efforts. You are sometimes haunted by the feeling that your results justify your existence. Yet no matter the extreme stresses that come with the work, the benefits of gaining new knowledge and insight into the natural world bring rewards that make other aspects of everyday life dull and drab in comparison. ". "and even self-doubt" - is he kidding? How about "self-doubt, panic, self-doubt, existential angst, rebelliousness, self-doubt and occasional waves of enthusiasm." The waves of enthusiasm make it all the worth while. And those who never doubt themselves are just annoying. - Sarah Kendrew

View the Universe in seven different wavelengths: gamma ray (Fermi), X-ray (ROSAT), H-alpha (WHAM), optical (DSS), infrared (IRAS),microwave (WMAP) and radio (Haslam). Developed by Stuart Lowe (Manchester), Chris North (Cardiff) and Rob Simpson (Cardiff) - Sarah Kendrew