Author Archives: Thoughtscapism

About Thoughtscapism

Cell Biologist, volunteer science communicator, and fiction writer.

A Tribute to My Grandmother, A Survivor of War, and a Pioneer Science Communicator 1950-1980

Posted on September 6, 2017

My grandmother was a strong woman who lived through difficult times, and went on to make science communication history, in both print and TV. Continue reading →

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Coop Forbidden to Use “The Organic Effect” Marketing Video Under Threat of Fine of One Million Krona

Posted on July 3, 2017

Quick news: Swedish media seem very silent on the topic (EDIT: it appears I was just fast – several news pieces have come since), as court rules grocery chain Coop is forbidden from continued use of its marketing video “The Organic … Continue reading →

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New Study Finds Neonicotinoids May Have Harmful, Beneficial, or No Effects on Bees

Posted on July 2, 2017

Two new bee papers were published just a few days ago. Below I will take a closer look at one of them, the larger European study, partly funded by pesticide companies but performed by an independent research lab, and it was … Continue reading →

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From Ideas to Evidence, an Interview: My Organic Crisis and the Birth of This Blog

Posted on June 26, 2017

In four short years, since I started looking at the science of farming more closely, the topic of organic vs conventional has felt very worn out to me, several times. I already know how it will go: some people have … Continue reading →

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Innocent Questions

Posted on April 28, 2017

My daughter demanded I draw another comic, so I’m sharing with you this macabre moment of innocent deduction, which invited some reflection on why we care so deeply for the bodies of our dead.

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The Bacterial Cutting Board – What’s Actually Going On In My Stomach?

Posted on April 25, 2017

I am a biologist, and I love to tell my kids about the ways their bodies work, including how fascinating it is that millions of strange little organisms live inside their gut and help with the digestion of their food. It’s … Continue reading →

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Trying to Apply Intuition to Physics

Posted on April 24, 2017

I sympathise. How can anything be smaller than a really tight squeeze? Unfathomable. It’s interesting how our perception, which is quite useful for observing phenomena happening at our scale, gets bent over backward and whirled around when we try to apply … Continue reading →

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