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  • Sydney

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    So I arrived in Sydney yesterday night. Sydney has from 2.5 to 4.5 million people, depending on who you ask, but its actual business and shopping core is not all that big; you could walk from one side to another in less than an hour. Even so, there’s a lot to see. In the morning,…

  • Wine and wood

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    Yesterday we visited to the nearby Hunter Valley 11:30am, I thought, was perhaps a little early in the day to be wine-tasting, but since there was chocolate available as well, there were no complaints from me. Customs will only let me take back two bottles of wine to the UK, which is a shame. On…

  • Newcastle

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    Newcastle is about two hours drive north of Sydney, and has a distinctly Californian feel about it. Firstly, despite it being the middle of the winter, the temperature today hovered around 18C, which is quite respectable by UK standards; what’s more, there wasn’t a single cloud to be seen in the sky. Consequently, I was…

  • Singapore

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    I’m writing this from the improbably clean and tidy Singapore International Airport. I’ve just gotten off a 13 hour flight from Manchester, and I’m feeling surprisingly okay; Singapore Airline is pretty good. The plane had a very impressive entertainment system with the usual complement of movies and TV shows, but more importantly, they had about…

  • First day of TEDMED written up

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    I have finally written up the first day of the TEDMED3 conference (it’s probably still in the ‘massive’ column). Properly formatted with a nice list of links at the start – what more could you ask for? Well, maybe the other three days written up, but one step at a time, eh?

  • Tidal

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    An excerpt from an email I sent a couple of weeks ago Incidentally, I went to a theme park (Thorpe Park, near London) with some friends yesterday, which was good fun. The best part was when we went to a ride called ‘Tidal Wave’. Now, Tidal Wave is basically a big log flume (like Splash…

  • Oz

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    On Friday morning I’ll be flying off to Australia, via Singapore, for just under four weeks. I anticipate lots of fun and frolics and hopefully I’ll be able to update this weblog, which will be a change from the usual. If the resources are available, I’ll also upload some photos as I go along.

  • GM

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    A comment of mine on MetaFilter expressing my views on genetically modified crops.

  • Human Gene Therapy

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    Gene therapy ‘to be expanded’ – good news from the BBC; the UK government is going to significantly increase funding for gene therapy. If things continue like this, the US may get left behind, along with its irrational fear of many other new biological techniques.

  • The TEDMED3 Experience: Day 1

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    A review and summary of the presentations given on the first day of the TEDMED3 conference in Philadelphia.