How does blog readership grow, and (how) does this matter?
How useful are science blogs, and what is the future of science blogging? Probably the worst place to get a
Efficient teaching: improving student writing ability
Last week’s post was about university writing requirements that fall ludicrously short of their goal, like how this ferret
University writing requirements are a joke
When your undergraduates leave campus with a Bachelor’s degree, can they write well?
I wish I could say that
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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Gain a rare look into the brain trust at Nature to understand how they pick manuscripts for review.
Quiz: North
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
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
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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What happens when you get paid 18 grand from NASA to stay in bed for two and a half months?
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
