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On Accuracy
One of the things I take pride in is the accuracy of the information posted to this blog. ChemBark has done a significant amount of original reporting on some pretty massive stories in the world of...
View ArticleIt’s Probably a Good Time to Move On
Over the weekend, I had some time to think about the last post and the purpose of this blog. Readers who have been following the comments will note that the kind of irresponsible discussion I was...
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Anonymous, Negative, and Personal Comments
A big “thank you” to everyone who leaves comments on the site. They add so much value to the blog, and they make writing posts much more fun for me. I love a good debate, and I know there are a lot of...
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ChemBark Headquarters Moving to St. Louis
My apologies for the lack of posting over the past week—ChemBark’s international headquarters is in the midst of a move from the Los Angeles area to Midtown St. Louis, Missouri. Stay tuned; regular...
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Road Trip
Oh. Hello there. Once again, apologies for the dearth of posting. I’d promise it’ll never happen again, but it’ll probably happen again… Anyway, after a nine-day road trip through seven states in one...
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Waking Up to a Dream Job
Last month, I started as an assistant professor of chemistry at Saint Louis University. I’ve wanted to be a chemist ever since I was 15 and enraptured by Dr. Liebermann’s three-year chemistry sequence...
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Comment Spam Prevention and Archive Updating
Dear readers of ChemBark, 1. Due to a rash of comment spam, I have decided to add a CAPTCHA to the commenting form. In order for your comment to register, you will have to enter a short code that...
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Some Fantastic Christmas Presents
Bethany Halford and the crew at C&EN‘s Newscripts blog run an annual holiday gift guide with some cool gift ideas for chemists, but sometimes it’s more exciting to be surprised by the creativity of...
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Update: First-Year Professor Craziness
Hello, friends. Apologies for the continued radio silence, especially in light of the fact that several instances of data manipulation have recently been exposed through “corrections” published in a...
View ArticleFollow ChemBark on Instagram
Just a quick social media update: now you can follow ChemBark on Instagram. You’ll probably just see an occasional photo or image there: Oh, porphyrins… A photo posted by ChemBark (@chembarkblog) on...
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