Aidan's Aviary

It’s 2024, but BlueSky feels like 2012 Twitter right now, which means blogs are totally back! I suggested that I would write a few blogposts...

I hesitate to write this blog in case I unleash a further torrent of strong opinions either way on Twitter, but I couldn’t resist. I won’t l...

It is that time of year again. The leaves are turning golden, red, and orange (or just brown), the nights are drawing in, and there is a chi...

This is, by definition, a self-indulgent blogpost as it is about me. As of 1 st October 2022, I will be working part time, changing from a ...

A few weeks ago a long discussion followed a tweet about the start of my “Memory & The Brain” module. I promised to provide a summary ...

Men usually get 2 weeks of paternity leave in the UK. Most men I know have taken this leave when their child was born, and gone straight b...

This blog post was prompted by a long twitter conversation on science careers, number vs quality of publications, and the inevitable inclus...