In teaching, less is more
Question: When you’re teaching, how much should you cover?
I propose a couple answers:
Answer A: You shouldn’t
Good popular books about ecology?
A friend asked the other day about recommendations for good popular books about ecology. Initially, I kind of drew a
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In the United States, a woman died a few months ago of a bacterial infection. This microbe was resistant to
Knowing something really well doesn’t mean you can teach it well
Over the holidays, I taught my niece how to throw a frisbee with a forehand. It took five minutes, and
Lessons from serving on NSF panels
Last year, I served on a couple NSF panels*, and I’d like to share some thoughts. Instead of a
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And their eyes glazed over – how much is tech-related distraction harming learning?
Why time management is ruining our lives
This
There are many ways to be a publicly engaged scientist
I want to talk about the Who and the How of public engagement.
We should be bringing science to the
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An argument for the funding of basic research makes it into the Wall Street Journal.
One way to teach critical
Summer research internships for professors
A lot of federal agencies want to enhance the research environment at primarily undergraduate institutions and minority-serving institutions. Not all
How many rejections should scientists aim for?
Earlier this year an article on aiming for 100 rejections a year in literature was being passed around. The main