Science Communication

It’s my last Saturday at the lab. For years the lab has dominated my entire life. I moved continents to do PhD research. I had to make new friends in …

And I’m back. That was not a very long blog break, but a necessary one. During the blog break I didn’t stop writing: I have several thousands words of insecure …

Observe the effect of grad school on my brain, following my happiness and IQ over time! I start out pretty much as a blank slate. One of the famous philosophers …

I’ve started to write up a blog post on the topic of “failure”. I led a session about this at BioBarCamp in August, but I was way too busy at …

The new issue of Hypothesis journal came from the printer this week. Oooh, shiny! No, really: It’s printed on nicer, shinier paper than before! Of course you can’t see that …

Funnier than the Nobel Prizes, the IgNobels highlight research that makes you laugh. The research itself is completely valid and serious, but the topics can be funny. Among this year’s …