25
Nov
On creating your own path through life
This weekend, I took my kid to a Mythbusters live show. When I left, I was inspired.
The source of
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22
Nov
Friday Recommended Reads #11
Alfred Russel Wallace gets his first statue, unveiled by David Attenborough.
About ten years before AR Wallace got his due,
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20
Nov
The three most important members of your department
Everybody matters. But on a day-to-day basis at work, there are three people who have a lot of power. They
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18
Nov
Journal prestige and publishing from a teaching institution
Finally. There are journals publishing quality peer-reviewed research, but leave it to the reader to decide whether a paper is
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14
Nov
Could twitter have saved the lives of seven astronauts?
When the space shuttle Challenger launched on the morning of 28 January 1986, Roger Boisjoly couldn’t muster the fortitude
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13
Nov
Ant science: Ants try to eat protein beverages like solid food
Collectively, ants are efficient, and you might even call them smart. But individual ants are so dumb that they don’
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12
Nov
Teaching Tuesday: Interviewing–the teaching test lecture
This week I’ve been a bit distracted by instructions I’ve been given for a demonstration teaching lecture. It
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08
Nov
Friday Recommended Reads #10
This story was buried off the front page of my local paper, but did you hear about the discovery that
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06
Nov
Why I don’t take high school students into my lab
Once in a while, I am approached about taking on a high school student over the summer. I always say
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05
Nov
Teaching Tuesday: Incorporating primary literature into courses
As academics, we spend a lot of time reading primary literature (although we often feel it is not enough). It
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