The life and times of a younger member volunteer and medicinal chemist.
This is NOT how to get more women in STEM
Sweet suffering Jesus (and Mary too, by the way!).
This gem from the EU is intended to be "45 seconds of fun for launch [of campaign] to grab attention. Not central to main campaign" - as tweeted by the EC's science spokesman, Michael Jennings.
Really!? I mean, you have got to be kidding me!!
Let's look at the errors, shall we?
1. Jonny Depp there with the microscope is wearing a lab coat, so clearly the three high-heelers are entering a lab space. Where is the PPE ladies?
2. Oh dear, those high-heels appear to be open-toed... surely not in a lab?
3. Why do you need to clamp that round bottom flask? It's perfectly able to stand on it's own.
4. Can't see a recieving flask for the open seperating funnel. A rookie mistake.
5. The "scientist" fails to observe her pen isn't working when writing on the board. And you'd trust her with some Dry Ice?
6. Two flasks clamped in mid-air this time, with no support underneath them if the clamp fails.
7. Why is one of the seperating funnels upsidedown?
8. Molecular model of what I think is water (it's pink, not red) has "hydrogens" attached that are apparently capable of forming more than one bond (multiple holes)
9. That gas is NOT hydrogen.
10. Oh... and it's some seriously sexist garbage.
Posted by David Foley on Jun 22, 2012 9:03 PM Europe/London
Hi again, I think the inoperation of the video link is now due to the notorious latest Flash Player 11.3 update. I had to install an older version last week but Windows Updates may have automatically updated it again.