02
Mar
Academic Moneyball
Over the past week, I’ve been reading Moneyball, by Michael Lewis.
I’m not a baseball person (though I
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27
Feb
Recommended Reads #47
Gain a rare look into the brain trust at Nature to understand how they pick manuscripts for review.
Quiz: North
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26
Feb
On being wary of bringing straight-A students into the lab
I had a conversation a couple months ago about the fact that I’m a bit wary of taking Straight-A
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19
Feb
Poll: What is your risk/reward preference in science funding?
Funding rates in the US are declining. Even if NSF gets a little boost to its budget, the situation will
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18
Feb
Should ecologists teach writing?
I could start this post with a back-in-my-day story and bemoan the state of student writing today but I think
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13
Feb
Recommended reads #46
What happens when you get paid 18 grand from NASA to stay in bed for two and a half months?
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10
Feb
What are our academic blind spots?
Here’s a notion: When we discover a big new thing, this often requires an abandonment — or at least serious
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06
Feb
Two years of Small Pond Science
Small Pond is exactly two years old. Here’s a reflection on how this site has affected me. Some might
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04
Feb
Browsing the tables of contents
This is going to make me sound not young, but here it goes.
Library Stacks from Purchase College Library
When
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02
Feb
A conversation that can help protect your students
A student recently dropped by to tell me about an exciting opportunity. She was going to spend a few weeks
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