27
Jun
Twelve museums I loved that you might not know about
I’ve been on mostly-vacation for the past week. I thought I’d share something different. Some of my
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20
Jun
How can track record matter in double-blind grant reviews?
We should have double blind grant reviews. I made this argument a couple weeks ago, which was met with general
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17
Jun
Recommended Reads #80
“America’s early aerospace engineers ignored computers because they considered programming to be women’s work.”
Can the liberal arts
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13
Jun
Saying “see you later, sometime” to the rainforest
I just got back home from a few weeks of fieldwork in the rainforest. Most of the science I’ve
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06
Jun
Why not double-blind grant reviews?
In some academic fields, double-blind reviews of manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication is the norm. It’s no surprise
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03
Jun
Recommended reads #79
Things the world’s most and least privileged people say. Including “I don’t vote — the system is too corrupt!
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30
May
The lost opportunity cost of overcommitment
My sabbatical officially started a few days ago. I was half-expecting a kind of weight to lift. But my
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23
May
Using blogs for sharing negative results
I’ve now been blogging for a little over three years. I’m no longer a newbie, but clearly am
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20
May
Recommended reads #78
Who wore it better? David Bowie or nudibranch? This is fabulous, in the classic sense of the word.
This is
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16
May
A small private college financial bubble?
I bought a house in late 2001. People thought I was crazy to pay what I did, but still, in
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