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| How to not apply for a job in science |
| For a few weeks now I've been advertising for a graduate student position working on the neurobiology of spontaneous behavior. The model system is the fruit fly Drosophila. Basically, the project is to record behavior fr...[more] |
| science job application PhD application |
| Posted on Friday 04 September 2009 - 18:45:48 |
| ...and now for some random science of penguins |
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| science video fun penguins |
| Posted on Saturday 09 February 2008 - 11:02:26 |
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| science politics science politics editors science publishing |
| Posted on Thursday 01 January 1970 - 01:00:00 |
| Groundhog day: What do anti-science movements have in common? |
| Why do people believe weird things? Just yesterday, I was amused and confused at the same time reading the Spiegel article on more than a dozen of the more prominent prophets claiming the end of the world was nigh - who ...[more] |
| science politics ideology anti-science |
| Posted on Thursday 03 December 2009 - 11:10:56 |
| Polishing scientific results |
| In a follow-up to the last post on scientific misconduct, I think it is already becoming apparent that the incidence of "polishing" scientific data is on the rise. With "polishing" I refer to omission of experiments that...[more] |
| science politics science politics misconduct |
| Posted on Monday 29 January 2007 - 14:55:11 |
| Scientific misconduct |
| Both The Scientist and Nature feature scientific misconduct prominently in their current issues: A Fluctuating Reality (The Scientist) Breeding Cheats (Nature - see also related articles) An earlier Wired article also cover...[more] |
| science politics science politics misconduct |
| Posted on Thursday 18 January 2007 - 17:20:07 |
| Science editorial on the misuse of the IF |
| This Science editorial by Kai Simons is worthy of quoting in full (for those of you who cannot get behind the paywall):...[more] |
| Science impact factor |
| Posted on Friday 10 October 2008 - 18:51:58 |
| Attempt at a scientific-colloquial Dictionary |
| In scientific discussions in the media the media and even in some scientific publications, words such as theory, fact or hypothesis are often used in ill-defined or even confusing ways. Let me try to show some of the dif...[more] |
| science evolution nomenclature.theory |
| Posted on Thursday 10 January 2008 - 09:33:21 |
| ... and now for some random science of motor learning |
| Motor learning in human walking: ...[more] |
| science video motor learning |
| Posted on Friday 07 March 2008 - 09:07:55 |
| Scientists create ironman mice |
| The textbook sports-physiology description of muscles includes two major muscle fiber types: fast-twitch fibers for sprinting and slow-twitch fibers for endurance. Very little is known about another type of fiber, the II...[more] |
| science transgenes muscle |
| Posted on Friday 12 January 2007 - 13:12:22 |