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CaptainSkellett

Paper-based device tests blood type, Harry Potter style is.gd/lqP5kM 2:07 PM May 18th via A Schooner Of Science
Happy birthday blog is.gd/WuPwv5 11:39 PM Apr 24th via A Schooner Of Science
Catch the wind with a sailing GPS, arrr! is.gd/c04y55 12:16 PM Apr 19th via A Schooner Of Science
It's eggbot! is.gd/icrioP 10:13 AM Apr 8th via A Schooner Of Science
@ScientistMags It was SO COLD lol! My hair was frozen! Thanks for the RT :) 4:31 PM Apr 5th via web in reply to ScientistMags
@jasmineleong @tribalscientist It's funny, the pictures were just as good, even better, because of the long exposures. Wish you were here! 4:29 PM Apr 5th via web in reply to jasmineleong
@tribalscientist It was pretty cool! Made the epic, five day drive north worthwhile. :) 4:21 PM Apr 5th via web in reply to tribalscientist
Chasing the aurora is.gd/9dDLHs 4:00 PM Apr 5th via A Schooner Of Science
Fever dreams - the true tale of Richard Spruce is.gd/4EeBxD 8:46 PM Mar 25th via A Schooner Of Science
Feminist and Aboriginal science with Lillian Dyck #AAASmtg is.gd/K27WZu 3:29 PM Feb 27th via A Schooner Of Science
Talking about Kekule's dream of the cyclical structure of benzene. #AAASmtg, one of my fav sci stories. 12:33 PM Feb 18th via web
Facts do not exist in a vacuum. Numbers don't lie, but we do interpret what they mean. #AAASmtg 12:08 PM Feb 18th via web
Here watching Hon. Lillian Eva Dyck talking on the Medicine Wheel and Science #AAASmtg 12:00 PM Feb 18th via web
Key to development of quantum computers is a non-competitive research environment. #AAASmtg 11:09 AM Feb 18th via web
AJEbsary Artificial sweetener Splenda could prevent birth control from working by killing gut bacteria flpbd.it/LBlXe by @KeithVeronese 10:56 AM Feb 18th via Flipboard Retweeted by CaptainSkellett and 5 others
Electrons can only fit in the same box in the singlet state. Lolz at #AAASmtg 10:53 AM Feb 18th via web
So many high school dramas. RT @edyong209 Why bullied teens don't recognise "bullying" rhetoric bit.ly/AxyDGC Very true 10:33 AM Feb 18th via web
@GertyZ @CackleofRad Screw waiting! Let's MAKE it happen faster. Shocking how gender discrimination is still occurring. 10:31 AM Feb 18th via web in reply to GertyZ
Magic state distillation. Mm... sounds tasty. (Distracted at #AAASmtg on quantum computing) 10:21 AM Feb 18th via web
"Only 50% of the women who use the pill actually use it correctly" writes @maggiekb1, from day 1 at #AAASmtg boingboing.net/2012/02/18/bir… 9:56 AM Feb 18th via web

Name Captain Skellett
Location Adelaide, Australia
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Bio My tweets & blog unite pirates and scientists at last. Join me for a glass of science to stave off the scurvy.