07
Aug
Recommended reads #57
If this piece of writing doesn’t move you, then you must be a very very heavy object: Oliver Sacks,
6 min read
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03
Aug
The folly of expecting institutionalized funding
When a child is raised, we provide them with a home, food, education, love and encouragement. Within a couple decades,
2 min read
27
Jul
I’m going to stop ignoring ResearchGate
LinkedIn, Facebook, ORCID, Twitter, Instagram, Klout, Mendeley, ResearchGate.
I’m signed up for all of these things. Some are useful,
4 min read
24
Jul
Recommended reads #56
Some fundamental lessons from ten years of sciencing.
You know you want to look at this church shaped like a
3 min read
20
Jul
A departmental retreat from another dimension
I once participated in a departmental retreat from the Twilight Zone. Or it might have taken place in an alternate-universe
2 min read
14
Jul
Ants With Superhero Powers and Real Ant-People
As an ant man, I’m psyched for the release of Ant-Man.
There are so many ants with real superpowers,
3 min read
13
Jul
Can stealing from your neighbor be a mutualism?
Imagine that your neighbor sometimes goes into your house and takes some food out of your fridge. Sometimes you catch
2 min read
10
Jul
Recommended reads #55
Liberal arts college, or celebrity baby name?
The New Yorker has a great piece about the backyard biodiversity work being
3 min read
08
Jul
Why aren’t undergrads more like 8 year olds?
Last week I had the great pleasure of being a guest “science mentor” for a summer science camp. I got
4 min read
06
Jul
The Flying Spaghetti Monster, creationism, science education and religious tolerance
I had to renew my driver’s license this month. I considered heading to the DMV dressed like this:
But
5 min read