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Much Bigger Outside is a personal collection of ideas about science and its relations to other cultural manifestations, from politics to religion.
2017-06-04 06:00
Overhead costs are taking a high toll from science funding. How can they be reduced? It’s already halfway through 2017 and I have the feeling I still didn’t do any science myself… Read More
The History Of My Deaths
2017-05-21 06:00
You’ll die from an aortic rupture at 82. But you still have 41 years more to go. Happy mid-life! Today I complete my mid-life anniversary. I just got my yearly death-history report fr… Read More
The Time Of A Postdoc
2017-04-23 06:00
How long should someone stay as a postdoc anywhere? These are harsh times for academy and my advice has been the same for years: jump off this boat as soon as possible; maybe just after the… Read More
A Defense Of Journal Impact Factors
2017-03-26 07:00
Vilified, journal impact factor may still be useful for scientists. But use it with caution. Funny enough, I had just written a post execrating journal impact factors (JIFs), these obnoxious… Read More
The Man In The Stone Tower: Instinct
2017-01-15 07:28
Revisiting the story of the first man. A parable of the role of the instincts in our lives.  I. Adam was awaken by a cold and dry scratch running up his naked thigh. He didn&rsquo&helli…Read More
A Challenge For The New Year
2017-01-01 07:16
Last year was a shameful year for civilization. I hope we can do better in this new one.  It’s well known that we live in a weird combination of cognitive biases: we tend to… Read More
A Message To Marie Curie
2016-12-18 07:14
One month ago, we lived a tipping point: ten minutes that brought Marie into our lives. Ma chère Marie, You will never know, but our lives are full of tipping points. Defining moments… Read More
PhD: Less Is Better
2016-12-11 07:42
To value the title and build a fairer working system, we must award less PhDs. I’ve been officially an independent researcher for six years, and I still don’t have any PhD thesis… Read More
Missing Figures In Science: The Synthesizer
2016-11-06 07:10
Open call: university department is looking for a synthesizer, to peruse literature and write technical reviews. 1. A Woman on the Moon Agnes Mary Clerke (1942-1907) was an astronomer in th… Read More
How Many Papers Should I Review?
2016-08-22 09:00
Peer-review is essential to keep science on track. But it can be too demanding on scientists, who are asked to do it for free and anonymously. How many papers are fair to review or to declin… Read More
The Science Of The Time Machine
2016-08-21 07:03
In a time where social Darwinism was playing with dangerous ideas, Wells brightly reads into human biology and culture. His astronomy wasn’t as good though. I don’t read any… Read More
Science Across The Silk Road
2016-07-17 08:03
I was recently in China for a couple of weeks visiting different scientific institutions. I definitely learned a lot about a part of the world blending the oldest traditions a… Read More
Batman V Superman V Darwin
2016-05-29 04:45
Don’t worry about spoilers, I didn’t watch the movie, then I can’t reveal anything about it. The heroes in the title just exemplify few ideas boiling in my mind: arms race… Read More
When Science Goes Wrong
2016-03-27 07:01
Are scientific papers still reliable? Or have we compromised quality for production? 1. A plainly wrong paper The main results of the paper were obviously wrong. This was clear to me and my… Read More
Tinnitus: The Devil’s Silent Scream
2016-03-06 07:08
Lots of people suffer of tinnitus, a constant—sometimes severe—noise hearing without external sound source. I’m among them and I’d like to share my experience. The T… Read More
A Defense Of Eating Meat
2016-02-07 08:05
Winter’s sausage in white beans. I give the recipe at the end of the post. Photo credit:MB. Despite the preaches from your vegetarian friends, there’s nothing wrong about eating… Read More
Why I Don’t LaTeX
2016-01-17 07:58
LaTeX had many advantages in the past, but not anymore. Why do physicists still stick to it? If you aren’t a physicist or a mathematician, chances are that you never heard of LaTeX in… Read More
The Solar System Avenue
2015-10-04 09:01
From atoms to astronomical charts, Google Maps may be a cool tool to help to understand different distance and size scales. I’ve always been fascinated by solar system models. All tho… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The choice of a scientific name is a delicate task: redundancy, complexity, prejudice, and other variables may impact the scientist career for better or worse Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We live in a world of amazing complexity. In spite of that (or maybe because of that), religious truths are laughably trivial. Is the finitude of the individual the reason for this embarrass… Read More

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