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22
Apr

Recommended reads #76

Cards against humanities. You read that right, not humanity, Humanities. This Puliter Prize-winning story by Kathryn Schulz about The Really
4 min read
20
Apr

Impatience with the peer review process

Science has a thousand problems, but the time it takes for our manuscripts to be peer reviewed ain’t one.
5 min read
18
Apr

NSF’s Water Man award

When I was a tween, a cutsey feel-good book was a bestseller: All I Really Need to Know I Learned
2 min read
11
Apr

Using a grant writer

I’m working on a couple biggish grants at over the next couple months. I’m doing something that I
2 min read
08
Apr
Recommended reads #75

Recommended reads #75

“Mistakes I’ve made as an early career researcher” A recent story in the New York Times is explaining how
4 min read
04
Apr

Education research denialism in university STEM faculty

Scientists regularly contend with irrational denialism of simple facts. In our classrooms, communities and the media, we hear patently absurd
4 min read
01
Apr

Recommended Reads #74

Have you ordered a copy of Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl yet? Here’s my review on Goodreads. A more
1 min read
29
Mar

NSF Graduate Fellowship timing doesn’t help the undergrads who need the help

NSF just announced their Graduate Fellowship (GRFP) awardees. Here’s where you can download the excel file that lists all
2 min read
28
Mar

My path to science

Two years ago, Meg Duffy told the the story of her path to ecology. It’s a good story, why
9 min read
25
Mar
Recommended Reads #73

Recommended Reads #73

Can you believe it’s been fifteen years since Randy Johnson vaporized a mourning dove with a 100 mph fastball?
5 min read