Back to the (more) serious stuff soon. But to finish the apple story, how scary is this?
Scary
Hot on the heels of the Amazing Shrinking Head, I’ve dug this out of the archives. Taken last year at Hampton Court Palace, it’s an apple that has naturally dried out after someone stuck it on a spiked fence. With skin this time, there seems to be a natural predilection to eye-holes, and maybe a trace of nose? (BenGoldacreDisclaimer – warning, one example does not constitute a scientifically, statistically significant, sample. Great Metro copy though).
But not significant
Since the mid 1980s, I've worked in university and industrial research, as a manager and editor in technology and environment for an international NGO, and held senior business development, strategy, and procurement posts in industry. I hold a PhD in chemical engineering from Birmingham University, an MBA from Warwick University Business School, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College. In 2008, I left industry to focus full-time on my passion for science and technology, and to share that enthusiasm with others as a freelance science communicator. I live in London with my American wife Erin.
