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I’m in the field right now. Which means that I’m among many fellow academics, from a wide range

This is a spectacular and moving essay: Our Houses Became Boats: Surviving Hurricane Maria and salvaging my career in its

I’m back down at the field station in Costa Rica (missing my family quite a bit) and I had

Apparently, there are some editors of academic journals who will readily send manuscripts out to “non-preferred reviewers” — the specific people

One hundred twenty nine. I’ve been doing this, every other week, for a while now. Students learn by doing,

I’ve noticed that junior scientists tend to be really picky about conflicts of interest, whereas senior scientists don’t

Once in a while, I look at the statistics for this site and I get to see some of the

(image: first Matilija poppy of the season) Early luck in grant funding has massive long-term effects on future funding (and

Some while ago, I wrote about experiences serving on NSF panels, just to demystify the experience for folks who haven’

In science, we’re used to suboptimal methods — because of limited time, resources, or technology. But one of our biggest