Achieving Immortality
How can we ensure that future students will read our names when, many years from now, they open their science textbooks on their iPad 15s?
Mitzpeh: From College to Comedy
Adam Ruben earned his undergraduate degree in molecular biology at Princeton University, before receiving his Ph.D in molecular biology at Johns Hopkins University.
Most Likely to Secede
No talented child ever says, “I want to pipette repetitively when I grow up.”
[Commented on in Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal, 3/5/11]
Pharyngula: Any Grad Students out There?
If there are any grad students reading the procrastinative thread…GET BACK TO WORK. Don’t watch this video.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Seminars
For all the naive and gullible graduate students out there, here’s a handy guide to what those speakers are really saying.
UCSB GradPost: “I Make Dozens of Dollars”
He has a humorous way of providing tips and prospective in the book, but if you’re not sure if he really has a lock on the grad school experience, check out this promotional rap he created.
Washington Post‘s The Web Hostess: Online Manners, Memes, and Must-See Video
I don’t think this counts for the manners or memes categories, but I’d highly recommend the “Grad Student Rap” as a must-see video, at least for anyone who is irresistibly and unfortunately drawn to higher education.
Dr. Helen’s blog: Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School
I found this book Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School
100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School
Reasons 42 and 43.
Book Review on The University of Washington MCB Transcript
As my General Exam looms on the distressingly not-so-distant horizon, this book seemed perfect for me based on the title alone. I learned on the news tonight that the average salary for an RN is $66,000 a year. What WAS I thinking?
Why The Controversy? Vaccines Save Lives
National Public Radio
A few weeks ago, my sister asked a simple yes-no question on her Facebook page: She wrote, “should I get the flu shot?” She might as well have posted, “should I fillet this kitten?”
Electile Dysfunction
Over tea, our columnist considers what the congressional elections might mean for the prospects of science and scientists.
Interview on Unconventional Wisdom Radio with Larry Shiller
1400 WSTC 1350 WNLK, Fairfield County, CT. Interview starts at 27:05 and ends at 33:06.