Terry McGlynn

The Guardian has written an article lauding the unheralded contributions of taxonomists and why their work is so essential. And

On 09 April 2013, I published a post entitled, “Keeping tabs on pseudojournals.” I just modified that post to indicate

One of the great things about being on a small campus is that I have lots of opportunities to interact

* There’s a paradox or a conundrum or dilemma in reckoning with rapid climate change that we are causing by

Last Friday there was a PhD defence in our department and Terry’s post about open defences in the USA

Science is in the middle of a range war, or perhaps a skirmish. Ten years ago, I saw a mighty

1. Here is a cool natural history story about blindsnake associations with owls, which was news to me. 2. Do

In the United States, PhD students defend their thesis with a public presentation. After this presentation (or sometimes, on another

Around our house, the weekend usually means catching up. There is catching up on sleep, downtime and relaxing, exercise and

Student evaluations are the main method used to evaluate our teaching. These evaluations are, at best, an imperfect measuring tool.