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The value of PR stunts?
I’ve been a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for many years now; I think I’m coming up on my 15th year. The RSC does a lot of good things — and I know many people who work … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Publishing
Tagged chemistry, chemjobs, cookies, EPSRC, funding, outreach, press releases, professor_dave, public understanding of science, publicity stunts, rsc, scicomm, toast, toast sandwich, twitter
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Cookie chemistry
Apologies for the lack of posting here. I’ve always been impressed with the output on a lot of the chemistry blogs that I peruse, but since starting this blog I now have an even deeper sense of wonder and awe … Continue reading
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Tagged bake-off, baking, biscuits, butter biscuits, chocolate-chip cookies, competition, cookies, deborah blum, ginger nuts, kitchen chemistry, nature, nchemgav, recipe, shortbread
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