Fluorine in pharmaceuticals

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Among the lessons which I learnt in graduate school was another important one: organic fluorine rarely forms hydrogen bonds. The layman'...
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2007 Nobel Prizes

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A couple of nights ago, I had a curious dream. I dreamt that Stuart Schreiber has won the Nobel Prize for this year, and I remembered that e...
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Lomborg on Maher

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The economist Bjorn Lomborg appeared on Bill Maher last Friday. As some may know, Lomborg is one of the more well-known global warming skep...

Three lessons

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When you have been in graduate school for two or three years, it's a good question to ask which are the important lessons you have learn...
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The Open Society

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I am having a fantastic time in London. Details later, but what struck me the most is the incredible friendliness, helpfulness, and most imp...

Queen and country and all that

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As an anglophile, I am excessively excited about starting on a trip to London tomorrow evening. I am travelling with my advisor, and only ho...
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Trad med and all that

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Curcuminised Chicken Two articles in the latest issue of Cell are on the value of traditional medicines in modern drug discovery and orga...
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Plagiarism Inc.

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Sad : "The trouble began last November, when Salti and another graduate student, Oktay Aydogdu, underwent oral examinations for their P...
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The scariest graph I have seen in a while

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It says it all. The article is worth reading ( doi:10.1038/442736a )

Freeman Dyson (1923-): Vignettes in science- 1

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Read the entry on Desipundit...