UK Animal Rights Extremist Mel Broughton Gets Ten-Year Sentence for Arson
Category: animal rights
The public face of Oxford's animal rights movement winds up in prison, where he belongs.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:07 PM • 9 Comments •
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The New Oxford Biochemistry Building: Art Over Science?
Category: academia
Last fall, most of the Oxford Biochemistry Department moved into a fancy-schmancy new building (imaginatively named "New Biochemistry"). A few of us stayed behind (have you ever tried to move a 6-magnet NMR facility?), and--to be totally honest--I can't say...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:22 PM • 8 Comments •
An Unsettling Meeting with the UK's Science Minister
Category: science policy
Paul Drayson came across as out of touch and blinded by fanatical entrepreneurialism.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:46 PM • 7 Comments •
The Future of the Internet
Category: internet
Jonathan Zittrain on The Colbert Report
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:23 PM • 4 Comments •
Science for a Brave New World
Category: philosophy of science
Is there a certain suite of legislation that needs to be passed now in order to provide a greater assurance of scientific good in the near future?
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:20 PM • 2 Comments •
Oxonians March in Support of Animal Research Once Again
Category: Pro-Test
The pro-animal research organization Pro-Test held its third major march today to support animal research and to oppose animal rights extremism
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:16 PM • 25 Comments •
Pro-Test March this Saturday
Category: Pro-Test
Stand up against animal rights extremism and join Pro-Test in support of animal research in Oxford on 9 February.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:59 PM • 1 Comments •
Living Abroad? Vote in the 2008 Global Presidential Primary
Category: Election 2008
Americans living abroad can vote for their own delegation to the 2008 Democratic Convention.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:53 PM • 0 Comments •
Integrin Phosphorylation as an Off Switch for Integrin Activation
Category: Life of Nick
A tiny modification can make a big difference in proteins involved in cell adhesion and migration.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 3:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Robert May on the State of UK Science
Category: academia
Too many bureaucrats and businessmen.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 2:40 PM • 0 Comments •
Only in Oxford...
Category: Oxford
can a two-and-a-half-ton roof go missing for five days without arousing any suspicion.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:02 PM • 8 Comments •
Blasts Heard Across Oxford Tonight....
Category: Life of Nick
Awesomeness
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:32 PM • 5 Comments •
Campaign Blogging: Fundamentally Different From Everyday Political Blogging
Category: blogosphere
...for now, at least.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:28 PM • 1 Comments •
Political Blogging Seminar in Oxford
Category: events
This Wednesday at noon.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 11:37 AM • 1 Comments •
Oxford Spies on Students Via Facebook
Category: Oxford
Oxford turns Facebook into Stalkerbook
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:15 PM • 4 Comments •
It's OK to Nibble, but Don't Bite Off the Hand that Feeds You
Category: Oxford
A couple of current American Rhodes Scholars ruffled a few feathers today after writing an unabashedly critical account of their Oxford experiences for their undergraduate alma mater's paper, The Harvard Crimson. Melissa Dell and Swati Mylavarapu write: Take it from...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:45 PM • 9 Comments •
I'm Official! (According to Oxford University, at least)
Category: Life of Nick
After enduring what was surely the longest transfer viva in the history of man (two and a half hours), I am now an official Oxford D.Phil. student.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:22 PM • 15 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Diversity of Perspectives Express Support for Animal Research at Pro-Test Meeting
Category: Pro-Test
In the ongoing struggle against animal rights extremism, Oxford's pro-research organization Pro-Test held a public meeting in May at which people expressed support for animal research from a wide variety of perspectives.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:45 AM • 2 Comments •
Pro-Test in Pictures and Sound
Category: Pro-Test
I've been following Oxford's pro-research organization Pro-Test since its inception, and a few weeks ago I wrote a post describing its second large march through the streets of Oxford. Pro-Test has received quite a bit of well-deserved press in general,...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:33 PM • 1 Comments •
From the Archives: Caught in the Line of Fire - Animal Rights Activists Take Over Oxford
Category: animal rights
Since I've been writing quite a bit lately about Pro-Test and the response of Oxford scientists to animal rights extremism, it's important to understand why the current movement is significant, in light of what scientists in Oxford have been facing over the last few years. This post, which takes the reader into the heart of an animal rights protest, attempts to do just that. I think it's also interesting because it offers a unique explanation of the forces motivating the animal rights activists in Oxford.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:35 AM • 1 Comments •
Is Oxford Shortchanging Its Students Through Overspecialization?
Category: science education
When an Oxford professor blamed a lack of general knowledge in the graduate community on its makeup of "unexceptional students", I challenged him on whether the real cause was a degree structure that causes the overspecialization of Oxford students.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:21 PM • 6 Comments •
Nobel Laureate Robert Huber to Give Talk at Oxford
Category: events
This is a plug for an event that the Oxford University Biochemical Society is putting together. This Monday, June 12th, at 4:00 pm the Oxford University Biochemical Society will be hosting a talk by Nobel Laureate Robert Huber in the...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:04 PM • 2 Comments •
Oxford Scientific Activists Take Their Message to the Streets
Category: Pro-Test
Supporters of animal research in Oxford have been silenced for years by the intimidation and fear tactics of animal rights extremists. But, that has all changed in a matter of months, as the pro-research organization Pro-Test took its message to the streets for a second time, on June 3rd. Originally sparked by the Pro-Test's first march in February of this year, this movement has since ignited into a wildfire of support, reaching the highest levels of the UK government, including Prime Minister Tony Blair. What really matters, though, is that this is a grassroots movement that draws on the efforts of ordinary students and citizens, both scientists and non-scientists alike, to give a voice to those who have been quiet for so long.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:00 PM • 1 Comments •
