15
May
What unemployment taught me about dual-career parenting
I’ve made a point to not mention this over the last several months, because I try to keep this
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Newsletter
14
May
Dealing with caffeine addiction
Scientists drink more coffee than anybody else. (At least, according to those dubious pop-culture listicles.)
I didn’t drink coffee
1 min read
11
May
Class projects as publishable research?
Have you thought of collecting real, publishable, data as a part of lab that you’ve taught? Specifically, is it
3 min read
08
May
Recommended Reads #52
What the heck do they put in denatured ethanol, and how and why did they start doing this? “The little-told
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04
May
Macroecology is not like particle physics
There are different kinds of mystery. Subatomic particles are almost illogically tiny, so we can only figure out what’s
9 min read
30
Apr
Let me tell you about my breakfast
Trust me, this is about science.
I’m working from home today. I saw my kid off on his carpool,
3 min read
28
Apr
Academia is flexible/science waits for no one
Whew, I’m just coming through a stressful personal and professional time. Never has it been clearer to me exactly
2 min read
27
Apr
Student wingmen
Once in a while, I interact with student wingmen. Or academic twinsies. At least, that’s those are the monikers
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24
Apr
Recommended Reads #51
Apparently, your paper will get more attention if it is published on hump day.
This story from last year explains
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23
Apr
Will work for food: How volunteer “opportunities” exploit early-career scientists
This is a guest post by Susan Letcher, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Purchase College in New York.
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