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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30
Jan
Recommended reads #45
This video clip showing aggressive mimicry by the Persian Horned Viper is amazing.
University Signs Slavic Languages Professor to Five
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27
Jan
Is it harder, or easier, to publish in your field?
It takes time and effort to publish a paper. After all, if it were really easy, then publications wouldn’t
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23
Jan
The academic cold contact
A lot of science that gets done these days results from collaboration. Collaborations can come about it a multitude of
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20
Jan
Why I’m a little sour on crowdfunding
Here’s an idea for a new way to fund science: We can just create websites about our projects, and
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16
Jan
Recommended reads #44
If you haven’t read it yet, Terry Wheeler’s post, “20 Years in the Professor Game: things I did
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13
Jan
Authorship when the first author is the senior author
Authorship conventions are based around assumptions that research was done under the umbrella of a research institution.
It’s often
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07
Jan
Experiments can sell your science, even if they’re not going to work
We typically need manipulative experiments to truly know how a biological system works.
Nevertheless, on most days, I feel that
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