If you switch on your phone to discover that weather conditions have stalled a bunch of trains, do what I didn't do:
Roll over and go back to sleep. Your plans are on ice.
Read MoreIf you switch on your phone to discover that weather conditions have stalled a bunch of trains, do what I didn't do:
Roll over and go back to sleep. Your plans are on ice.
Read More"I would never do a PhD! It's completely useless. An utter waste of time!"
So. This was awkward. I looked down at my plate. It held a cookie decorated with a green duck.
Read More“It’s too late to use the toilet. They’ve been announcing that for the last 40 minutes and now you’ve missed your chance!"
Read More"Are you here on holiday?"
The answer was bound to be 'yes'. I had fallen into conversation with the elderly lady sitting beside me as we had sought out the shuttle bus to transfer to the airport's domestic terminal. I was connecting from Tokyo to Sapporo, she was bound for Osaka. Judging from her accent, we had both just stepped off the London Heathrow flight.
Read MoreIt has long been on my bucket list to be captured in a glass by a giant joker.
Well seriously -- whose bucket list ISN'T that on? No ones.
Read MoreWhen I arrived home one evening, I discovered I had been sent a box of magic. Raw, spreadably glutenous, brown yeast extract magic in six incredible different varieties. The note that came with it was clear: "I expect a full review".
Read MoreThe closing ceremony for the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly marks not only the culmination of a two week science conference, but also the official change of the Executive Committee. This did not go well.
Read MoreI took paltry few photographs at Pearl Harbor. This was because each time I viewed the scene through my phone's camera, I mentally captioned it: "Me at the site where 2,500 people met their end!"
Read MoreToday, I became annoyed by an article in 'The Guardian'. It was a piece discussing the consequences for the Nobel Laureate British biochemist, Sir Tim Hunt, after his disastrous speech at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Seoul last week.
Read MoreToday, twitter exploded with the hashtag #GirlsWithToys , showing a plethora of pictures of female scientists standing next to the tools of their trade.
Read MoreEveryone has a weakness. One that will make them abandon the common sense ingrained from years of primary school doctrine and follow random strangers into situations from which they could not possibly escape.
Read MoreI knew it was going to be a great trip when a guy in a spiderman mask grilled the cheese on my takoyaki with a blow torch.
Read MoreWhen Kishi Station in the Wakayama Prefecture of Japan was faced with closure, it took the only logical step: it employed a stray cat as station master.
Read More"This sentence is very nice" --my head of group told me-- "But, if you use this sentence for some young boy, he might feel that you have very good impression about him and you want to feel him very close to you."
Read MoreThis weekend, everyone got mad at 'Protein World' for the wrong reasons. And they weren't nearly mad enough.
Read MoreAah, I do not know how you study galaxies. They are so far away and small!
Read More"And then this fungus just took root in my leg and I could not get rid of it!"
This was my first time at an interdisciplinary meeting and I was really starting to see the benefits. And possible my dinner for a second time.
Read MoreWhat would you say if your friend asked for your help to move to Kobe with her toddler daughter and two cats?
You'd say no.
Read More"I feel so awful!" I was sprawled on the bathroom floor, wrapped around the base of the toilet as if it were a giant ceramic egg I had recently laid.
Read More"Just trust your driver."
And so saying, I was deposited on the back of a Vespa and sent off onto the streets of Saigon.
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