...and now for Something Completely Different

I've been mulling over a version of this post for far too long, so here goes: It's time to make some changes around here. As I'v...

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JLC Turns Three!

Original Art Credit: Jon Lam ( @tyrannos00r ) Wow, everyone. I feel so honored and humbled that you visit my tiny little corner of the Inter...

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Doubt

( Reference:   JLC1 , JLC2 , Derek1 , Derek2 ) Since February 2014, Prof. Tohru Fukuyama's group has issued corrections to 11 published ...

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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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JLC Turns Two!

Credit: Nat Geo ( I won't be here to update on July 15, so I'm a bit early! ) Once again, my heartfelt thanks go out to each and eve...

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WWWTP? "Tristillation?" Not So Fast, Zarco

A goofy, over-the-top marketing campaign for Zarco* tequila made its Twitter rounds yesterday ( thanks, David Perry, ChemBark , and Chemjob...

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Get it Funded! (A Game)

Last night, intrepid C&EN reporter Dr. Dre , err, Dr. Drahl , sent over another challenge from NOS2013 : I think Jerry Berson talked w/m...

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What's Important? Data Analysis

Thanks again to everyone who wrote in with their two ( or three ) most important job criteria. We had a final tally of 42 ( ! ) respondents...

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Friday Fun: How to Fund Your Data Analyst

Remember Amos Smith's Editorial, discussed here yesterday? ( and here , and here , and here ) I wondered, on Twitter: How many submissi...

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WWWTP? MedChemComm Edition

E tu, Pfizer? Sheesh. Modified from MedChemComm , 2013 Blogosphere buds Chemjobber and Organometallica took turns finding "eccentrici...

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Molecular Machine, Unadorned

So, chemists, you've probably seen this article over at Nature News, which reports a "molecular robot" capable of traveling d...

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Holiday Chemophobia: Can't We All Just Get Along?

Know what this is? Me neither. Source: LWON First: A belated 'Happy Holidays' to all those chemists already returned to work. Second...

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Chem Coach Carnival, Day Five

The sun's slowly setting on another great (US) National Chemistry Week. It's been a blast hanging out with so many different flavors...

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Announcing: The Chem Coach Carnival

Do you work in chemistry? Want to help folks interested in chemistry do what you  do? I like to think about chemistry during timeouts. In ce...

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Turning Over Rocks, Drawing Lines in the Sand

When I flip over a rock in the woods, I'm never quite sure what I'll find. Bugs? Fungi? A gold coin? (maybe someday...). Turning ove...

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Friday Fun: Chem Swords

As Stuart Cantrill  pointed out on Twitter this morning, today's xkcd comic hits all the right receptors for chemistry geeks: xkcd #111...

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Higgs Mania - Any Chem Headlines Worth 'Camping Out' For?

In case you've been traveling - or living in the woods with limited ' net access - you may have heard that a massive press conferenc...

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Petition Expedition – Cancer in Laundry Detergent?

On Facebook and other social media sites, online petitions quickly gather steam. Users see others’ posts, rally to the cause, and spread wor...

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