If Christmas is something that gets in the way of submitting your grant applications or means you have to stay out of the lab for a few days then you need all the friends you can get.
Don't let your dedication and focus have you missing the holidays. Don't pass up the chance to reward colleagues and friends alike for their patience over the last 12 months. Better still, reward yourself. Here are some suggestions. You may be surprised by what your #1 choice should be.
Number 10. Fantastically Great Women (Book): Kate Pankhurst, distant relative of Emily Pankhurst, created this wildly wonderful and accessible book about women who changed the world. Could this be the perfect gift for someone who could do with recognising the Fantastically Great Women in their life.
Number 9. Travel card holder: Help your friends keep commuters entertained while on the bus or train with this handy periodic table printed on a travel card holder. Is there a better way to celebrate Dmitri Mendeleev’s creation?
Number 8. Novelty mug: Experiments don’t always work out the way we plan them. Do you know someone who needs to stay positive? Perhaps the gift of this optimistic message will keep them sane while you explain to them what went wrong. Alternatively a handy Bristol stool chart on a mug is always helpful.
Number 7: Ice cream: It must be odd indeed for astronauts, munching on a tough-looking freeze-dried Neapolitan ice cream block while the real Naples glides gracefully past (along with the entire 'boot' of Italy) some 200 miles below. Now your colleagues can celebrate Christmas like a real astronaut – hopefully that doesn't mean they’re alone and stuffed in a tin can.
Number 6. Sciencey socks: A cure for the common sock! Science has come a long way since the plain, white sock, so get ready to clear our your sock drawer and discover a whole new walk of life. No need to use a microscope to see why these crew are revolutionary, they have great chemistry! Alternatively some Star Trek socks?
Number 5. ZooBooKoo: Little fingers and curious minds will be in awe of the ZooBooKoo Educational Human Body Cube Book as they learn facts and figures about the human body. These really work (n=1). My son had one of these describing dinosaurs when he was a boy and he is now studying zoology.
Number 4. Doctor USB: Are you doctor or do you know someone who works as a doctor Do you know someone who has to go for a surgery, then this USB stick of a doctor is definitely for them – arms and legs are adjustable so if the surgery goes badly they can pull the arms and legs off (slowly). Beautifully designed, crafted plastic and practical at the same time, for durable data storage!
Number 3. The Farthest (DVD): The Voyager space launch in 1977 is one of humankind's greatest achievements. More than twelve billion miles away, a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space. Slowly dying within its heart is a nuclear generator – perhaps like the careers of your mates in the lab. In all likelihood Voyager will outlive humanity. The Farthest celebrates these magnificent machines, the men and women who built them and the vision that propelled them farther than anyone could ever have hoped.
Number 2. LEGO®: More than just a Lego kit. Explore the professions of some of the ground breaking women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with the LEGO® Ideas Women of NASA set. It features minifigures of 4 pioneering women of NASA. Time to rocket through the glass ceiling.
Number 1: Niche Science & Technology’s Insider’s Insights:
With the exception of the Insider's Insight all the above can be purchased online from Amazon.
However, we created the Insider’s Insights as a way that we could share helpful pointers and key learnings that we have gained over the last two decades. A host of information is provided for every type of scientist. it is the present that just keeps on giving as we add more and more subjects. Best of all, they are completely free and you ask to pick the subject of the next issue. Get your friends and colleagues signed up today here.
Have you seen our latest Insider's Insight on Case Reports? Once a staple of medical journals,
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