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The billion-pound misunderstanding

20 May 2026
Tags: peer review academic life critique critical thinking publishing

On peer review, academic time and a calculation that does not add up

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Small mercies

18 May 2026
Tags: humorous stories critique academic life metric system

A quote, a thought, and a link worth following

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Peace, quiet and an IoT SIM: upgrading the lab temperature monitoring system

13 May 2026
Tags: lab equipment hardware tools temperature monitoring sample preservation reviews AI & digital tools

A long-overdue upgrade, an IoT SIM, and five years of peace and quiet.

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Kirby CMS – or a tale of two support teams

6 May 2026
Tags: AI & digital tools software critique Kirby CMS filemaker

Two software companies. Two very different ideas of customer service.

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When AI helps too much

29 April 2026
Tags: education & teaching AI critique news critical thinking research & publishing

When convenience quietly comes at a cost

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The AI tool that does less – and delivers more

22 April 2026
Tags: AI & digital tools research AI2 scholar asta evidence-based AI reviews

No hallucinations, no paywalls, just science with sources.

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Why freezing bacteria actually works

15 April 2026
Tags: research practical lab science freezing bacteria cold storage

The science behind –80 °C stocks

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A moment of recognition

8 April 2026
Tags: humorous stories academic life education & teaching student fails

It was heart-breaking to fail the student. But there was nothing else I could do.

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Easter Greetings

4 April 2026
Tags: seasonal greetings humorous stories Easter

Happy Easter 2026

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Liner AI peer review

1 April 2026
Tags: AI & digital tools AI critique research & publishing LINER AI

Occasionally useful, fundamentally limited

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When "too good to be true" actually isn't

25 March 2026
Tags: academic life lab equipment education & teaching BioGrad Novacyt

The RT-qPCR donation story

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Update: Liebherr's response to serial equipment failures

18 March 2026
Tags: lab equipment customer relations Liebherr Mediline critique

"Sorry, we cannot put an expectation around life expectancy!"

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Entertainment vs education

11 March 2026
Tags: education & teaching higher education learning biomedical sciences pedagogical philosophy

Entertainment is not education, even when it feels like it should be

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Transferpette update: the battery situation

4 March 2026
Tags: lab equipment NiMH batteries laboratory sustainability LEAF microvolume pipetting update

The battery situation has not improved

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The great bottle lid debate

25 February 2026
Tags: academic life humorous stories critical thinking aseptic technique microbiology

Face up or face down – that is the question!

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The lab timer conundrum

18 February 2026
Tags: lab equipment laboratory sustainability LEAF reviews critique

How not to make lab timers

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The accidental AI-proof assessment

11 February 2026
Tags: AI & digital tools humorous stories AI critique higher education education & teaching

How wrong I was to be optimistic!

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The art of publishing a paper

4 February 2026
Tags: research & publishing publication education & teaching academic life peer review

What publishing a scientific paper actually means: a reality check

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Sometimes there is a hidden logic in what we do

28 January 2026
Tags: practical lab science freezing bacteria genomic stability sample preservation microbiology

Two approaches, two philosophies!

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The dangerous art of completing the task

21 January 2026
Tags: research & publishing publication DNA replication replication termination genomic stability R-loops bacterial chromosome evolution

Why DNA replication's final step can threatens genomic stability

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Yes – easily!

14 January 2026
Tags: AI & digital tools AI critique AI hallucination word count humorous stories

When AI confidently cannot count to 300

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When theory overrides data

7 January 2026
Tags: academic life research & publishing critique reviewer quality editorial oversight

How the criticism of one figure out of six became grounds for rejecting an entire manuscript as 'artifactual'.

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Happy New Year!

31 December 2025
Tags: seasonal greetings humorous stories New Year

Exciting news at the end of the year.

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Merry Christmas

24 December 2025
Tags: seasonal greetings Christmas humorous stories Edward Hopper

When the lights stay on a little longer.

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