Memoirs of a Defective Brain

Last February, an international controversy descended over the landlocked country of Malawi. The cause of this was a new bill about to be pu...

Old readers of this blog may have noticed a couple of changes to the design, domain name, and the little widget in the corner. This is becau...

Hello, Gutentag and other such phrases. You may notice in the next couple of weeks that there will be a complete lack of new posts. This i...

Last year, the UK was in the midst of an outbreak of anthrax, in which resulted in 47 infections, and 13 deaths. Bigger than the 2001 letter...

Whilst combing the old literature, I found this gem of a paper from 1859. Aa normal blog post would not do the job for this paper, so I made...

 The history of science is peppered with great moments where people have gone above and beyond the call of duty in order to present their wo...