Dear Ruth,
I’m very sorry that you were unhappy about the recent postings on the blog and the generally negative tone that has characterised a lot of the recent material. I’m also very sorry if you, as a fellow group leader, felt that you were being accused of exploiting the students in your care.
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A special Hallowe’en posting. Horror movies and PhD/postdoc projects sometimes unfortunately have a lot in common, with naive and idealistic young things being gobbled up by a gallery of nasties. But what exactly are the 9 types of horror lab?
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The scientific community has entrenched oligarchies. Science would be better served if they were broken up.
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Did you really “fail” if you didn’t get something that doesn’t exist, or isn’t what you really wanted?
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The success of the women’s Euro2022 tournament is a reminder of how far science has come.
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Lecturing is not about knowing everything, it’s about being good at learning. And science’s shamans are the best at it.
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Why you might be able to make the biggest difference by doing something different.
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Would papers – or research projects, even – benefit from copying the arts in having an official producer, director, technical director, and starring cast?
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Total Internal Reflection 