Barbara Kiser : A view From the Bridge

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Francesco Bosso’s Last Diamonds is a glorious, sombre collection of 25 monochrome ‘portraits’ of icebergs off the coast of Greenland, gingerly treading the boundary between art and science. Each plate, created using a traditional analog photographic process, offers haunting insight into the cryosphere, exploring a grey, often cloudy sky, a shimmering jet-black ocean, and an iceberg traversing the intersection.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2018/04/20/last-diamonds#more-7499" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-7499" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2018/04/20/last-diamonds/#respond" title="Comment on Last Diamonds: portraits of icebergs">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/tell-a-friend?id=7499">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-7499"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=%3Cem%3ELast+Diamonds%3C%2Fem%3E%3A+portraits+of+icebergs+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F&title=%3Cem%3ELast+Diamonds%3C%2Fem%3E%3A+portraits+of+icebergs">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F&title=%3Cem%3ELast+Diamonds%3C%2Fem%3E%3A+portraits+of+icebergs">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F&title=%3Cem%3ELast+Diamonds%3C%2Fem%3E%3A+portraits+of+icebergs">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Flast-diamonds%2F&title=%3Cem%3ELast+Diamonds%3C%2Fem%3E%3A+portraits+of+icebergs">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-7381" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-2 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-barbara-kiser wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-chemistry wpn-category-physics wpn-category-society wpn-category-technology wpn-category-women-in-science cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2018-03-08T10:00:05+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2018-03-08">March 8, 2018 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="2018-03-08"> 10:00 am</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2018/03/08/the-deck-women-in-science/'>The deck stacked against women in science</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/" title="Barbara Kiser">Barbara Kiser</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/chemistry/" rel="tag">Chemistry</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/physics/" rel="tag">Physics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/society/" rel="tag">Society</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/technology/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/women-in-science/" rel="tag">Women in science</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2018/03/08/the-deck-women-in-science/" title="The deck stacked against women in science"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/files/2018/02/20180219_130955a-150x150.jpg" alt="xxx" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>The player on my left has the biochemist Maud Menten’s career well on track. Suddenly another player slaps a “stupid patriarchy” card on Menten’s head, and she has to earn her doctorate all over again. So goes a novel card game devoted to women in science and engineering, designed to highlight these unsung researchers and the barriers and boons that women in these fields experience.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2018/03/08/the-deck-women-in-science#more-7381" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-7381" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2018/03/08/the-deck-women-in-science/#respond" title="Comment on The deck stacked against women in science">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/tell-a-friend?id=7381">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-7381"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=The+deck+stacked+against+women+in+science+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F&title=The+deck+stacked+against+women+in+science">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F&title=The+deck+stacked+against+women+in+science">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F&title=The+deck+stacked+against+women+in+science">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2018%2F03%2F08%2Fthe-deck-women-in-science%2F&title=The+deck+stacked+against+women+in+science">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-7245" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-3 wpn-odd wpn-author-barbara-kiser wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-arts wpn-category-culture wpn-category-design wpn-category-ecology wpn-category-publishing wpn-category-space cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2017-12-20T12:09:18+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2017-12-20">December 20, 2017 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="2017-12-20"> 12:09 pm</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/20/illustrated-books-of-2017/'>Illustrated books of 2017: the magnificent eight</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/" title="Barbara Kiser">Barbara Kiser</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/arts/" rel="tag">Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/design/" rel="tag">Design</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/ecology/" rel="tag">Ecology</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/publishing/" rel="tag">Publishing</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/space/" rel="tag">Space</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/20/illustrated-books-of-2017/" title="Illustrated books of 2017: the magnificent eight"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/files/2017/12/Index-16-use-this-150x150.jpg" alt="Illustrated books of 2017: the magnificent eight" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>There’s something about a collection. We seem to harbour an urge to amass and sort as we build menageries, museums, taxonomies. And the illustrated book is a portable simulacrum, a paper cabinet of curiosities, curated for maximum aesthetic punch.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/20/illustrated-books-of-2017#more-7245" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-7245" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/20/illustrated-books-of-2017/#respond" title="Comment on Illustrated books of 2017: the magnificent eight">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/tell-a-friend?id=7245">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-7245"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Illustrated+books+of+2017%3A+the+magnificent+eight+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F&title=Illustrated+books+of+2017%3A+the+magnificent+eight">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F&title=Illustrated+books+of+2017%3A+the+magnificent+eight">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F&title=Illustrated+books+of+2017%3A+the+magnificent+eight">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F20%2Fillustrated-books-of-2017%2F&title=Illustrated+books+of+2017%3A+the+magnificent+eight">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-7215" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-4 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-barbara-kiser wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-arts wpn-category-evolution wpn-category-history-of-science wpn-category-medical-research wpn-category-ornithology wpn-category-publishing cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2017-12-18T14:23:39+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2017-12-18">December 18, 2017 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="2017-12-18"> 2:23 pm</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/18/top-20-books-discovering-worlds/'>Top 20 books: discovering worlds</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/" title="Barbara Kiser">Barbara Kiser</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/arts/" rel="tag">Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/evolution/" rel="tag">Evolution</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/history-of-science/" rel="tag">History of science</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/medical-research/" rel="tag">Medical research</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/ornithology/" rel="tag">Ornithology</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/publishing/" rel="tag">Publishing</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/18/top-20-books-discovering-worlds/" title="Top 20 books: discovering worlds"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/files/2017/12/kepler186f_artistconcept_2-150x150.jpg" alt="Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone. Kepler-186 system about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus." class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>In terms of job satisfaction, discovering worlds must take the Sachertorte. Sibling astronomers William and Caroline Herschel, for instance, rejoiced in a haul that included Uranus, eight comets and several moons gleaned from what William called the “luxuriant garden” of the skies. Their final tally of deep-sky objects, with that of William’s gifted son John, numbered in the thousands. I’m sure their minds would be boggled by today’s exoplaneteering exploits — such as the TRAPPIST-1 system of seven Earth-like planets that fully emerged this year.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/18/top-20-books-discovering-worlds#more-7215" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-7215" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/18/top-20-books-discovering-worlds/#respond" title="Comment on Top 20 books: discovering worlds">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/tell-a-friend?id=7215">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-7215"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Top+20+books%3A+discovering+worlds+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F&title=Top+20+books%3A+discovering+worlds">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F&title=Top+20+books%3A+discovering+worlds">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F&title=Top+20+books%3A+discovering+worlds">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F12%2F18%2Ftop-20-books-discovering-worlds%2F&title=Top+20+books%3A+discovering+worlds">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-7179" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-5 wpn-odd wpn-author-barbara-kiser wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-genetics wpn-category-history-of-science wpn-category-society cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2017-12-15T13:03:05+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2017-12-15">December 15, 2017 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="2017-12-15"> 1:03 pm</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/15/bricks-mortals/'><em>Bricks + Mortals</em>: mapping the racist roots of science</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/" title="Barbara Kiser">Barbara Kiser</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/genetics/" rel="tag">Genetics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/history-of-science/" rel="tag">History of science</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/society/" rel="tag">Society</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/12/15/bricks-mortals/" title="<em>Bricks + Mortals</em>: mapping the racist roots of science"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/files/2017/12/MVIMG_20171114_205637-150x150.jpg" alt="Subhadra Das,xxx" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>If walls could speak: the saying might have been tailor-made for University College London’s new exhibition. Bricks + Mortals uses the campus buildings to tell the story of how eugenics gained a foothold at the university over a century ago. The epicentre, a lab for “national eugenics”, was set up in the early 1900s by Francis Galton, the Victorian mathematician and ‘father of eugenics’ whose crude bolting of statistics to human variety marks a nadir of modern science. 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/" title="Barbara Kiser">Barbara Kiser</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/lab-life/" rel="tag">Lab life</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/space/" rel="tag">Space</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/technology/" rel="tag">Technology</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/29/rocket-woman/" title="Rocket woman"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/files/2017/11/PSLV-C-25-that-carried-the-MOM-satellite-150x150.png" alt="xxxx" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>A physicist at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Space Applications Centre, Moumita Dutta was part of the team that put a probe into Mars orbit in 2014. The instruments they designed for the Mangalyaan are still beaming back data. Now India is gearing up for its third planetary mission in 2018 — Chandrayaan-2, a return to the Moon. As Dutta prepares to take part in the London Science Museum’s Illuminating India events, she talks about the lure of optics, the challenge of crafting super-light sensors, and the rise in Indian women entering space science.   <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/29/rocket-woman#more-7071" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-7071" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/29/rocket-woman/#comments" title="Comment on Rocket woman">1 Comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/tell-a-friend?id=7071">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-7071"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Rocket+woman+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F&title=Rocket+woman">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F&title=Rocket+woman">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F&title=Rocket+woman">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F29%2Frocket-woman%2F&title=Rocket+woman">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-7049" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-8 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-barbara-kiser wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-arts wpn-category-mathematics wpn-category-physics cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2017-11-22T13:12:53+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2017-11-22">November 22, 2017 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="2017-11-22"> 1:12 pm</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/22/maths-and-murals/'>Maths and murals: Leiden’s wall formulae</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/" title="Barbara Kiser">Barbara Kiser</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/arts/" rel="tag">Arts</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/mathematics/" rel="tag">Mathematics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/physics/" rel="tag">Physics</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/22/maths-and-murals/" title="Maths and murals: Leiden’s wall formulae"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/files/2017/11/einstein-150x150.png" alt="One of Einstein's field equations - part of the Leiden wall formulae project." class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Albert Einstein’s field equations from his theory of general relativity combine wonderful scientific intuition with the honed concision of poetry. Yet relatively few of the culturally inclined marvel at the shape of a mathematical equation in the way they might at a line from Shakespeare. Now, however, the Dutch university town of Leiden is giving its citizens a chance to try, through iconic formulae by physicists and astronomers painted on walls throughout the city.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/22/maths-and-murals#more-7049" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-7049" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/22/maths-and-murals/#comments" title="Comment on Maths and murals: Leiden’s wall formulae">1 Comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/tell-a-friend?id=7049">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-7049"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Maths+and+murals%3A+Leiden%E2%80%99s+wall+formulae+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F&title=Maths+and+murals%3A+Leiden%E2%80%99s+wall+formulae">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F&title=Maths+and+murals%3A+Leiden%E2%80%99s+wall+formulae">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F&title=Maths+and+murals%3A+Leiden%E2%80%99s+wall+formulae">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2Fmaths-and-murals%2F&title=Maths+and+murals%3A+Leiden%E2%80%99s+wall+formulae">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-6993" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-9 wpn-odd wpn-author-barbara-kiser wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-agriculture wpn-category-medical-research wpn-category-medical-science wpn-category-microbiology wpn-category-society cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2017-11-14T15:07:25+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2017-11-14">November 14, 2017 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="2017-11-14"> 3:07 pm</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/14/superbugs/'><em>Superbugs</em>: fighting the flood of antimicrobial resistance</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/" title="Barbara Kiser">Barbara Kiser</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/agriculture/" rel="tag">Agriculture</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/medical-research/" rel="tag">Medical research</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/medical-science/" rel="tag">Medical science</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/microbiology/" rel="tag">Microbiology</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/category/society/" rel="tag">Society</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/11/14/superbugs/" title="<em>Superbugs</em>: fighting the flood of antimicrobial resistance"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/files/2017/11/A-view-of-bacteria-in-the-Superbugs-exhibition-®-The-Board-of-Trustees-of-the-Science-Museum-150x150.jpeg" alt="View of the monumental 'wall' and xxx at the exhibition." class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Antimicrobial resistance has spread to London this month. The source of the outbreak? 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Probing the rapidly changing relationship between humans and technology, these artworks will also generate vast amounts of data that will be shared with researchers around the world. The show is a collaboration between experimental philosopher Jonathan Keats and EPFL neuroengineer José Millán, who develops brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) to help people with paralysis. Here, Millán talks pistons, probability and the debate over who or what is in control.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/10/27/machines-moved-by-mind#more-6959" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-6959" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/2017/10/27/machines-moved-by-mind/#respond" title="Comment on Machines moved by mind">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/tell-a-friend?id=6959">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-6959"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Machines+moved+by+mind+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F&title=Machines+moved+by+mind">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F&title=Machines+moved+by+mind">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F&title=Machines+moved+by+mind">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Faviewfromthebridge%2F2017%2F10%2F27%2Fmachines-moved-by-mind%2F&title=Machines+moved+by+mind">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> </div> <nav><div id="wpn-bottom-links" class="top-links cleared"><div class="wpn-navigation-links"> <span class="wpn-previous">Newer entries</span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/aviewfromthebridge/author/barbara-kiser/page/2/" ><span class="wpn-next">Older entries</span></a> </div></div></nav> </section> </div> <div class="col" id="extranav"> <div id="wpn-primary" class="wpn-id-primary sidebar aside"> <div id="wpn-about-blog" class="current-issue-box"><div class="wrap"><h1 class="wpn-archived wpn-expander">About this blog</h1> <div>A View from the Bridge is the blog for Books and Arts, culture hub of the top international science journal Nature. 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