Talking ’bout My Dissertation
Three minutes can be long enough to describe your research, our columnist learns.
Nature Jobs: Outside the Lab: Side Jobs for Scientists
As a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, [Ruben] studied the biophysical properties of potential new malaria drugs — while writing humour columns, performing at storytelling shows and comedy clubs and entertaining wedding guests as a fake rabbi.
Choose Your Own Indenture: You Are a Prospective Grad Student
When it comes to choosing a grad school, there are a lot of factors to consider.
Another Tenure-Track Scientist Bites the Dust
As a friend’s faculty career comes to an untimely end, our columnist reflects on the potential disconnect between what researchers want to research and what funders want to fund.
Look, Kids! Science!
Science demonstrations—even if they don’t show what scientists actually do—are surprisingly effective, our columnist learns.
If Grad Students Ran the World
Trainees may lack some polish, but advice that job seekers shouldn’t act like grad students and postdocs rubs our columnist the wrong way.
AAAS: Trading Microscopes for Microphones: Science Comedy is No Laughing Matter
Article on the American Association for the Advancement of Science website about a science comedy show I headlined before the March for Science.
Stop Beating Your Head against the Paywall
Our columnist experiments with a new online plugin that simplifies literature searches.
Burden of “Prof.”
The “Professor” title is due for a rebranding, our columnist writes.
The Mortified Podcast: An Ode to Childhood Pets
The Mortified Podcast features a science report I wrote in ninth grade about trying to change places with my guinea pig. Listen on iTunes (click on Episode 89) or Soundcloud.
Scientists Are Pro-Testing
In preparation for the March for Science, our columnist offers some recommendations for demonstration signs.
I’m Not a Doctor, but I Play One on My CV
Our columnist explores the weird, awkward, and sometimes wonderful world of Ph.D. scientists using their “Doctor” title.
‘Twas the Night Before Grant Deadline
A scientist’s holiday poem.