Legal Nonresident Alien: a Scotsman in DC

Well, we've now been in the US for 4 years, give or take a couple of days. My fellowship has just had its "terminal renewal...

Really? Who let this guy out of the box?  Okay, so we lost the referendum, but not by very much. If 200,000 Scots had voted otherwise, ...

Another random photo from our trip home last autumn, just because I feel that every blog post should have something visual Well, thing...

Hey folks. It's been quite a while since I've posted anything up here because of "interesting times" in real life. I actu...

Thee first thing I have to say is that is my first attempt to write a blog post from a mobile phone, so please don't judge me on the abo...

As an active biological researcher, I'm often amazed at just how impressive nature is, but we discover cool things all the time so I ...

Happy New Year. Just a quick blog post today. Most people by now are aware that  Scotland is having a referendum  on September 18th 2014 t...