16
Aug
Self-centered people who become famous scientists
I have a distinct recollection from my sophomore year in college. I was sitting in a hammock in my dorm
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10
Aug
Do all of your undergrads know what grad school is?
How many undergrads in your department want to go to grad school?
Do all of them know what grad school
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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