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class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>As Stu announced about 3 months ago, I’m leaving Nature Chemistry – today! <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/06/goodbye-and-thanks.html#wpn-more-3743" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-36479" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/06/goodbye-and-thanks.html#respond" title="Comment on Goodbye – and thanks">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/tell-a-friend?id=3743">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 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class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2012-05-29T10:31:03+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2012-05-29">29 May 2012 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="10:31:03+0100"> 10:31 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/05/blogroll-space-dinosaurs.html'>Blogroll: Space dinosaurs!</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogs-we-like/" rel="tag">Blogroll</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>Highly respected organic chemist publishes a Perspective in JACS, 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2012 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="11:32:10+0100"> 11:32 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/05/blogroll-arnie-and-artemisinin.html'>Blogroll: Arnie and artemisinin</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogs-we-like/" rel="tag">Blogroll</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>A chemist who wants to terminate malaria and a calculation to have at your fingertips. <a 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wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-neil-withers cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2012-04-23T13:32:04+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2012-04-23">23 Apr 2012 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="13:32:04+0100"> 13:32 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/your-monday-answer.html'>Your Monday answer</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>On Friday, I asked “What weight could you hang from a chemical bond before it broke? How many atoms [is that]?” <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/your-monday-answer.html#wpn-more-3575" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-35124" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/your-monday-answer.html#respond" title="Comment on Your Monday answer">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/tell-a-friend?id=3575">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-35124"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Your+Monday+answer+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html&title=Your+Monday+answer">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html&title=Your+Monday+answer">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html&title=Your+Monday+answer">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-monday-answer.html&title=Your+Monday+answer">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article><!-- .hentry --> <article> <div id="wpn-post-35100" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-5 wpn-odd wpn-author-neil-withers wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-neil-withers cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2012-04-20T13:33:43+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2012-04-20">20 Apr 2012 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="13:33:43+0100"> 13:33 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/your-weekend-problem.html'>Your weekend problem…</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>A question struck me yesterday afternoon (editorial discretion prevents me revealing exactly why): what weight could you hang from a chemical bond before it broke? How many atoms? <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/your-weekend-problem.html#wpn-more-3559" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-35100" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/your-weekend-problem.html#respond" title="Comment on Your weekend problem…">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/tell-a-friend?id=3559">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-35100"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Your+weekend+problem...+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html&title=Your+weekend+problem...">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html&title=Your+weekend+problem...">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html&title=Your+weekend+problem...">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F04%2Fyour-weekend-problem.html&title=Your+weekend+problem...">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article><!-- .hentry --> <article> <div id="wpn-post-34678" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-6 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-neil-withers wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-blogs-we-like wpn-category-neil-withers cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2012-04-02T11:05:18+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2012-04-02">02 Apr 2012 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="11:05:18+0100"> 11:05 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/blogroll-scary-chemicals.html'>Blogroll: Scary chemicals</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogs-we-like/" rel="tag">Blogroll</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>Sensational chemophobia and the problems with biofuels</p> <p>‘Are you scared yet?’ This is the title of See Arr Oh’s post on Just Like Cooking but could equally serve as the unspoken subtitle of the news report he’s blogging about. First highlighted on ChemBark the investigative report from US TV channel Fox29 is about “unlocked chemistry labs and the ease with which a terrorist could steal hazardous materials”. So far, so serious. But, as ChemBark says, “the underlying point of securing labs is a valid one, but the presentation is way Way WAAAAAAY over the top”. See Arr Oh takes the presentation to task more than ChemBark, giving us some random quotes that illustrate the chemophobic sensationalism of the report, which breathlessly reveals the presence of 0.1 M HCl and ether. He counted “26 mentions of the word ‘chemical’ (or once every 14.4 seconds)” – mostly “preceded by a sensationalist adjective”. We can’t deny that lab security is an issue for serious discussion, but perhaps it deserves better reporting than it got from Fox29.</p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-34678" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/04/blogroll-scary-chemicals.html#respond" title="Comment on Blogroll: Scary chemicals">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/tell-a-friend?id=3524">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-34678"> <li class="facebook"><a 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href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/01/in-praise-of-posters.html'>In praise of posters</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/editorials/" rel="tag">Editorials</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>Can you imagine scientific meetings without poster sessions? <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/01/in-praise-of-posters.html#wpn-more-3235" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-32808" 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogs-we-like/" rel="tag">Blogroll</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>[As mentioned in this post, we’re posting the monthly blogroll column here on the Sceptical Chymist. This is January’s article] <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/01/blogroll-a-hot-topic.html#wpn-more-3207" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-32693" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2012/01/blogroll-a-hot-topic.html#respond" title="Comment on Blogroll – A hot topic">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/tell-a-friend?id=3207">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-32693"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Blogroll+-+A+hot+topic+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html&title=Blogroll+-+A+hot+topic">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html&title=Blogroll+-+A+hot+topic">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html&title=Blogroll+-+A+hot+topic">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fthescepticalchymist%2F2012%2F01%2Fblogroll-a-hot-topic.html&title=Blogroll+-+A+hot+topic">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article><!-- .hentry --> <article> <div id="wpn-post-29004" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-10 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-neil-withers wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-neil-withers cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2011-12-19T15:55:14+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2011-12-19">19 Dec 2011 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="15:55:14+0000"> 15:55 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2011/12/a-new-look.html'>A new look</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/Neil-Withers/" title="Neil Withers">Neil Withers</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" rel="tag">Neil Withers</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>Welcome to the new-look Sceptical Chymist! 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>Careers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3451"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/careers-articles/" >Careers articles</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6761723"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cartography/" >Cartography</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-674"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/categories/" >Categories</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-12069269"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/celebrating-the-day-of-light/" >Celebrating the Day of Light</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-423"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cell-and-molecular-biology/" >Cell and molecular biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2522"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cell-biology/" >Cell Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-90"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry-2/" >Chemistry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-18"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry/" >Chemistry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6486427"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry-in-retrospect/" >Chemistry in retrospect</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-520"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/citation-analysis/" >Citation analysis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1156"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-change/" >Climate Change</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-391"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-policy/" >Climate Policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1147"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-prediction/" >Climate prediction</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-151"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/collaboration-2/" >Collaboration</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-135"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/communication-2/" >Communication</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/communities-happenings/" >Communities Happenings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/community/" >Community</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-571"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/competing-interests/" >Competing interests</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6331"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/competition-2/" >Competition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-908"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational/" >Computational</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-51"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational-approaches/" >Computational approaches</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-7"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational_approaches/" >Computational_approaches</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6089"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computer-science/" >Computer science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3769"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conference-highlights/" >Conference Highlights</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conference-reports/" >Conference reports</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-510"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conferences/" >Conferences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5547"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conservation-science/" >Conservation science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2382"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cop18/" >COP18</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-16998238"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/covid19/" >COVID19</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-390"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cryosphere/" >Cryosphere</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1301"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cv/" >CV</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1163"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/daily-dose/" >Daily Dose</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-514"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-availability/" >Data availability</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-integration/" >Data integration</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4147"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-matters/" >Data Matters</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3302233"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-policy/" >Data policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1623389"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/datareuse/" >Data Reuse</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5054529"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/design/" >Design</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-836"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/development/" >Development</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1984"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/diabetes-and-metabolism/" >Diabetes and metabolism</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3325"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/digital-science-2/" >Digital Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-502"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/disciplines/" >Disciplines</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2809"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/diversity-2/" >Diversity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2667"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drug-discovery/" >Drug discovery</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-353"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drugs-drugs-and-more-drugs/" >Drugs, drugs and more drugs</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-365"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/durban-climate-summit/" >Durban climate summit</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-and-environment/" >Earth and environment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-827"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-system-science-partnership/" >Earth System Science Partnership</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-113"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-environment-ecology/" >Earth, environment & ecology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3973"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ebola/" >Ebola</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-811"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecological-society-of-america/" >Ecological Society of America</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1112"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecology/" >Ecology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2659539"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecology-and-evolution/" >Ecology and Evolution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2665"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/editor-posts-2/" >Editor Posts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-39"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/editorials/" >Editorials</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-411"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/education/" >Education</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2408789"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/elisa-de-ranieri/" >Elisa De Ranieri</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-339"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/energy/" >Energy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6389"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/entomology/" >Entomology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-405"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/entrepreneurship/" >Entrepreneurship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-354"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/environment/" >Environment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-7220771"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/environmental-sciences/" >Environmental sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-318"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ethical-social/" >Ethical / Social</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-435"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ethics/" >Ethics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-96"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/europe/" >Europe</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-817"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/european-society-of-human-reproduction-embryology/" >European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-830"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/euroscience-open-forum/" >Euroscience Open Forum</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-41"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/events/" >Events</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-818"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/everest-expedition/" >Everest expedition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-499"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/evolution/" >Evolution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1113"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/evolution-and-paleontology/" >Evolution and paleontology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-71"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/expeditions/" >Expeditions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2044"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/faculty-2/" >Faculty</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1075"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/featured/" >Featured</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-596"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/feedback/" >Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3417"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/film/" >Film</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2857"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/films-2/" >Films</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-396"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/finance/" >Finance</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-340"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/financial-crisis/" >Financial Crisis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6713"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/first-rounders/" >First Rounders</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-792"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/five-day-filter/" >Five Day Filter</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-932"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/food-science/" >food science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-524"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/format/" >Format</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-48"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/forum/" >Forum</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-332"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/fukushima/" >Fukushima</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-114"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/funding-2/" >Funding</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-131"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/funding/" >funding</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-37"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gavin-armstrong/" >Gavin Armstrong</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-918"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-expression/" >Gene expression</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4770911"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-function/" >Gene function</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4205"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-regulation/" >Gene regulation</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-450"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/general/" >General</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-109"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/general-interest/" >General interest</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4337"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genetic-association/" >Genetic association</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-26"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genetics/" >Genetics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2525"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geneticsgenomics/" >Genetics & Genomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genome-wide/" >Genome-wide</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-810"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geological-society-of-america/" >Geological Society of America</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1852"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geoscience/" >Geoscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3531877"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/giulia-pacchioni/" >Giulia Pacchioni</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6916603"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/global-issues/" >Global issues</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-815"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/global-seed-vault-opening/" >Global Seed Vault opening</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-434"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/grants-tenure-and-positions/" >Grants, tenure and positions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3344887"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/graphene-week/" >Graphene Week</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6137"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/guest-blog-posts/" >Guest blog posts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4947"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/guest-features/" >Guest features</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3014"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/guest-post/" >Guest Post</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-410"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/health/" >Health</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-330"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/health-and-medicine/" >Health and medicine</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-307"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/hints-and-wrinkles/" >Hints and Wrinkles</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3873"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/history-of-genetics/" >History of genetics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-67"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/history-of-science/" >History of science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-954"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/hivaids/" >HIV/AIDS</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1636273"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/how-to-answer/" >How to answer</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1034"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/i-han-chou/" >I-han Chou</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-424"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/immunology/" >Immunology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2232"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/import/" >Import</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1192"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-the-field/" >In the Field</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1150"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-the-news/" >In the News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1038"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-your-element/" >In your element</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-119"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/industry-2/" >Industry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2374"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" >Infectious diseases</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2769"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/institutions/" >Institutions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10842855"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/interactions/" >Interactions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6525"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/interdisciplinarity/" >Interdisciplinarity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-465"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-aids-conference/" >International AIDS conference</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-828"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-astronomical-union/" >International Astronomical Union</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1096"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-relations/" >International Relations</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-459"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-society-for-stem-cell-research/" >International Society for Stem Cell Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2419"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/internship/" >Internship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-762"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ip-tech-transfer/" >IP/ Tech Transfer</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-904"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-happenings/" >Journal happenings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-34"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-journeys/" >Journal journeys</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-905"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-policy/" >Journal policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-62"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lab-life/" >Lab life</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17296793"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lab-story/" >Lab story</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-469"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lepton-photon/" >Lepton Photon</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9462111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/libraries/" >Libraries</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2504255"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/liesbeth-venema/" >Liesbeth Venema</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3381875"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lindau-lessons/" >Lindau lessons</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-53"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-lnlm/" >Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (lnlm)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4897"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/linkage/" >Linkage</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1851"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/local-news/" >Local news</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2617289"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/luigi-martiradonna/" >Luigi Martiradonna</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-466"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lunar-and-planetary-science/" >Lunar and Planetary Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-350"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/malaria/" >Malaria</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5855"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/marine-science/" >Marine science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-914"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mass-spectrometry/" >Mass spectrometry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-33"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/materials-girl/" >Materials Girl</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1108"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/materials-science/" >Materials science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1120"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/medical-research/" >Medical research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5581"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/medical-science/" >Medical science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13963801"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/meet-the-editor/" >Meet the editor</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17019199"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/meeting-report/" >Meeting report</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1160"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/meetings/" >Meetings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2068"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mentoring/" >Mentoring</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-439"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mentoring-and-training/" >Mentoring and training</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-662003"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/metadata/" >Metadata</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-917"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/metagenomics/" >Metagenomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2459"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/method-of-the-year/" >Method of the year</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1114"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/microbiology/" >Microbiology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2526"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/microscopyimaging/" >Microscopy & Imaging</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5481"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/military-science/" >Military science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1043"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/misconduct/" >Misconduct</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-24"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mit/" >MIT</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1151"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mitigation/" >Mitigation</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-115"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mobility-2/" >Mobility</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2523"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/model-organisms/" >Model Organisms</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/modeling/" >Modeling</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5695"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/molecular-gastronomy/" >Molecular gastronomy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-969"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/monthly-map/" >Monthly Map</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2288"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/move/" >Move</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-491"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/msb_updates/" >MSB updates</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1608"><a 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Gray</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-508"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/npg-special-content/" >NPG special content</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2847"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/obituary/" >Obituary</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-351"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/odds-and-ends/" >Odds and ends</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-341"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/oil-spill-science/" >Oil spill science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1912"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/olive-heffernan/" >Olive Heffernan</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1153"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/oliver-morton/" >Oliver Morton</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-342"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/on-nature-news/" >On Nature News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10871021"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/on-the-road/" >On the 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trial</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2878"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/people/" >people</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-179"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/people-management-2/" >People Management</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-442"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/perspectives/" >Perspectives</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-69"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/philosophy-or-psychology-or-ethics/" >Philosophy or Psychology or Ethics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-422"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physics-2/" >Physics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-329"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physics-mathematics/" >Physics & Mathematics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13616183"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physics-at-the-interface/" >Physics at the interface</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1107"><a 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