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Serendipity or Chance

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

The King of Serendip (Sri Lanka) sent his three sons away to a foreign country to experience life in the real world.  They got into trouble, as boys will, when a merchant accused them of stealing a camel he had … Continue reading →

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Cost of Knowledge

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

I no longer sleep-walk when writing articles for scientific or medical journals, because I was woken to the drumbeats of an academic spring. As young scientists we were taught we must either “publish or perish” but I now hear the … Continue reading →

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