13
Nov
Recommended reads #64
If you haven’t been watching the news lately, you might not have noticed that the United States is in
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Latest
09
Nov
Prescriptive reviews are a scourge
How do you spot an academic? Listen for gripes about manuscript reviews.
We all get bad reviews. I’m not
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03
Nov
Why I avoid lecturing
Academic freedom is glorious. Despite pronouncements to the contrary, university faculty — including most contingent faculty — enjoy tremendous freedom in what
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02
Nov
Choosing between “head of lab” and “independent scholar” models
When people ask how I run my lab group, I don’t know how to respond. It boggles me because
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30
Oct
Recommended reads #63
The New York Times published a stunning piece about what is happening to the Greenland ice sheet. It’s an
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26
Oct
Respecting the time and needs of adjuncts
Almost every university in the US has succumbed to financial pressures and employs a relatively high proportion of adjunct instructors.
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21
Oct
The dangers of twitter
When I first joined twitter, I was nervous I might mess up somehow. I wanted to use my professional identity
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19
Oct
Ant science: Thieving ants know how to be sneaky
Ectatomma ruidum. Image by Alex Wild
The most recent paper from my lab is a fun one. We show that
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16
Oct
Recommended reads #62
Poster session drinking game for the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology meeting.
“A former meerkat expert at London Zoo has been
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12
Oct
Why I avoid the p-word
I write because I want to change minds. I don’t need everybody to agree with me, but I write
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