A short guide to writing the most important text of any scientific manuscript. Continue reading
The devil in the details (a short guide to writing figure legends)
Publishing
The pitfalls of perfectionism
Publishing work is an odyssey, and sometimes, getting a story out means chaining people to the mast. Continue reading
No more years of hurt
The capacity to forget past trauma can be an impediment to productive change. Continue reading
Excluding elites
If ever there was a word that needed reclaiming from the faux culture wars stoked by right-wing media machines, lost and wounded in an online no-man’s land of internecine strife, it is “elite”. Continue reading
From the grassroots up
Progressives need to start proselytising on the issues that matter to them. Continue reading
A burden of proof (Angelika Amon, libel, and the scientific record)
An incident in the career of the late and sorely missed Angelika Amon illustrates an ugly truth about scientific publishing. Continue reading
A disunited front
Almost everybody agrees that the scientific publishing paradigm has to change – but that change might come faster if progressives could agree on what to alter first. Continue reading
The 9 types of academic authors
Nowadays it’s pretty standard for an academic paper to have a long list of authors – but who are those authors anyway? Continue reading
Lip service and walking the walk
The Natalie Portman – Rose McGowan spat illustrates a fundamental difference in activist behaviour. Continue reading
Preprints and direct democracy
Scientific publishing is in a revolutionary phase, with some instructive lessons to draw from the political arena. Continue reading
