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I never quit

By drfreddy On December 28th, 2016 · 1 Comment

The original draft of this post was remarkably long. And it took more than a year, literally, of editing until I was reasonably satisfied with it. Before I decided to delete all of it.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business. Complicated. Thank you very much.”
— Donald Trump, 2016 Election Night Victory Speech

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Alchemy on TV featuring yours truly

By drfreddy On June 23rd, 2015 · 2 Comments

I think more scientists should engage in public forums. There are other things than DOIs and h-index, you know, that may be equally if not more important to your overall life achievements. Agreed?

Following up on this teaser posted over a year ago – yikes – I finally got my stuff together and… well, […]

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Toxic license plate

By drfreddy On April 3rd, 2015 · 3 Comments

While driving to the office today, I was able to snatch a picture of nice car in front of me (central Stockholm). Came to think of Agatha Christie. Happy Easter (or whatever doesn’t offend you)!

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A plausible mechanism, please!

By drfreddy On March 27th, 2015 · 15 Comments

There is nothing I hate more than not being able to draw a plausible mechanism for a seemingly simple transformation. (That is not entirely true; I hate coriander, jazz music and water-boarding too, but you get the point.)

We have this reaction we know works, but I fail to get the curly arrows right. […]

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Leading Chemistry Blogs in 2015?

By drfreddy On February 27th, 2015 · 22 Comments

It just struck me this page is gonna celebrate its fifth birthday this year. My blogroll is seriously out of date. Holy crap, time flies…

Admittedly, I have not been very active searching for new blogs as of lately. And the other page I maintain, ChemFlurry, needs to be […]

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Raspberry ketone (guest post)

By drfreddy On January 18th, 2015 · 2 Comments

As a scientist and unrepentant skeptic, it isn’t so often that my interest is piqued by spam mail. Although my inbox gleefully assures me that secret advances in penis enhancement guarantee that I will meet thousands of willing and available brides from locations spanning the globe, it is rare indeed that a misspelled subject line […]

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Fake conferences

By drfreddy On December 11th, 2014 · 3 Comments

I wrote before about fake journals, or predatory publishers, which seems to be the term in use. An avid follower of this blog sent me an interesting email about a suspected fake conference. I’m attaching it here for you to judge.

Here we go.

“Elementary, My Dear […]

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Synthetic cannabinoids, “research chemicals” and the war on drugs

By drfreddy On November 19th, 2014 · 14 Comments

The past few weeks have been… quite intense. Long story short (beware of national politics): My home country Sweden has the most restrictive drug laws in the Western World. Since preschool, I’ve been (unsuccessfully) brainwashed with “smoke weed and you will soon be injecting heroin”, official police statements such as “it is our mission to […]

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Happy Halloween

By drfreddy On October 31st, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“It’s said that All Hallows’ Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin – and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different […]

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Biochemistry student violates laws of science (almost)

By drfreddy On September 19th, 2014 · 1 Comment

Oxford biochemistry student Kristof Willerton has abilities no one else has. He is the first male from Great Britain to take the world tumbling title. Respect! And also great disrespect – of the laws of science. Seriously, those transitions cannot be allowed!

Read more here. I’m gonna watch the clip […]

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