Help Wanted: The Chemical Names Project

I have a bit of down time whilst waiting for Big New Job to start. After writing about the confusing naming for the aromatic compound nootk...

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Podcast: Calcium Redux

My post on calcium catalysis didn't really engage a wide audience of readers the way I had wanted it to. A few kind souls helped me ref...

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Also Appearing at...

Chad and Sam, brain trust over at The Collapsed Wavefunction , recently decided to have me over for some podcast magic. You'll have to g...

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Podcast: Chemjobber, Stu, and SAO Discuss Plagiarism (Part 1)

Way back in February, Chemjobber and I sat down with Stuart Cantrill , Chief Editor of Nature Chemistry , for a chat about plagiarism in sc...

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Friday Fun: Traveling Salesman

"Let's add some more zeroes to that number..." Source: Mad Men | AMC Out shilling for funds again. I've packed my book of ...

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Friday Fun: Artemisinin on NPR

NPR Story 2012 Keasling lab article in PNAS Wikipedia: Artemisinin

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Something Different

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Podcast: Deborah Blum talks to CJ and SAO, Part II

A few weeks back, Chemjobber and I spoke with esteemed science writer Deborah Blum, of Wired  and Poisoner's Handbook  fame, among many ...

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Podcast: CJ and SAO Talk Plagiarism

After the latest Xi Yan / Dalton story broke, Chemjobber was gracious enough to sit down with me to hash out our feelings about plagiarism...

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Elsewhere...

Chemophobia got you down? Need a laugh? Call the Chemistry Avengers ! Hey, check it out: Blog Syn  #002 is live ! (And I hear that #003 is w...

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'Tis the Podcast Season

So, whatcha doin' for the next 30 minutes? Want to listen to three chemists cynically dismember the ACS grad report? Sure you do! Head o...

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On the Air with CJ

Over the weekend, CJ and I got together on some podcasty goodness. We recapped the high points of the last ACS Webinar : Doctoral Glut Dilem...

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