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A Scientist’s Defense of Reading for Pleasure

By Hannah Nelson | Published May 25, 2016

I love to read. On average, I finish about two books per month. I read mostly fiction, but I dabble in everything from classic science fiction stories, like Ubik and The Sirens of Titan, to contemporary literary fiction like Americanah and A Little Life, and sometimes even popular series, such as The Hunger Games and Twilight […]

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A Scientific Mystery, Illustrated

By Jamie Canepa | Published May 11, 2016

Scientists don’t like mysteries. Or do we? If you were a naturalist, and you observed something you knew no one else would believe, would you still try to describe it? On the other hand, would you invent a fantastical discovery to bring attention to your genuine, yet unappreciated scientific works? One of these likely explains […]

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A rant about IFLS

By Casey terHorst | Published April 27, 2016

I Fucking Love Science (IFLS) has become one of the most popular feeds on social media, with over 24 million likes on Facebook. This has been great for science, as I suspect that most of the people that read their science news there are not professional scientists, but interested in the topic. If I could […]

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How to Write a Discussion

By Casey terHorst | Published April 22, 2016

A few months ago, Shannon stopped by my office and asked a really simple question for which I did not have a simple answer. She asked, “How do you write a Discussion section?”. I think we’ve all asked ourselves that question, and usually answer it with the same answer we always give in science: “Well, it […]

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Science Communication with Alan Alda

By Casey terHorst | Published April 15, 2016

Last week I had the chance to see Alan Alda speak at Caltech about communicating science. Why is Hawkeye talking about this subject at all? He was the host of Scientific American Frontiers on PBS for years and now is part of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. Although I’ve […]

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Using outreach as inspiration

By Melissa Kurman | Published April 8, 2016

              Several weeks ago, I, along with several other volunteers, assisted in Mrs. Shah’s 7th grade classroom at Portola Middle School.  If you remember back to Nickie’s blog post last month, we went to the same school to judge a science fair. As she mentioned, we realized the shocking […]

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How to survive grad school when you are actually just a small and confused animal trapped inside something that you don’t understand

By Jamie Canepa | Published March 29, 2016

  “I think we’re in purgatory,” I say, during our fourth hour together in the small windowless room, home of the poster printer. This is not the first time I have felt this way. “What, you mean grad school?” Melissa responds flatly. In my sleep deprived, delirious state, I think this is the funniest thing […]

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Save the Polar Bears!

By Zoë Scott | Published February 27, 2016

My Ocean Conservancy Calendar reminds me that today is International Polar Bear day, so I’ve reflected on the polar bear’s rise to fame and the underlying issues it represents.

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Eco-Evo Lab goes back to middle school for a day

By Nickie Cammisa | Published February 24, 2016

Now that I’m only I’m taking one seminar and teaching one class (woohoo!), I joined Zoë in being a judge at a local middle school’s science fair. (See her post about last year’s fair). One thing I took away from her experience last year was that it was obvious that some students had scientist and/or […]

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On the Evolution of Altruism

By Shannon Bayliss | Published February 9, 2016

Being a biologist can be burdensome when you simply want to drink your tea.

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