RECENT WRITING
A Postdoc by Any Other Name Is Not Always as Sweet
The maze of official academic job titles isn’t just semantics, our Experimental Error columnist writes.
When Universities Are Theme Parks, Postdocs and Grad Students Suffer
Our Experimental Error columnists reflects on a “serious flaw” in one institution’s affordable housing efforts.
Your Nonacademic Career Is Not a Consolation Prize
Our Experimental Error columnist shares how he navigated doubts about leaving academia.
The Man Who Saved Pinball Gets His Hollywood Moment. Reluctantly.
Article for the Washington Post about the film “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game.”
So You Think You Can Dance Your PhD
What our Experimental Error columnist learned from judging this year’s contest.
Burn, Bridges, Burn? Why Scientists Remain Indebted to Former Bosses
Employment references rarely matter—except when they do, writes our Experimental Error columnist.
Scientists, Don’t Let Your Writing Resemble Something You Pulled out of Your Bot
“The fact that bots find scientific writing to be easy pickings is not a compliment,” our Experimental Error columnist writes.
New Science Jargon for the New Year
Doubtlier, gaboratory, whenure: from our Experimental Error columnist, the words you didn’t know you needed.
