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Adaptable adaptations in research

Working as a researcher is a job that requires a lot of adaptability. This is understandable given that the core of the scientific method could be loosely described as “I recon this might happen but let’s find out” which obviously...

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ErrantWritings

Don’t judge your PhD by someone else’s

Today whilst reading twitter I read an advert by a newly graduated PhD student offering tutorship to current PhD students. Their advert was based on that they had finished their PhD early, had written a bunch of papers and got...

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I’m (probably) not replaceable by ChatGPT

Throughout my career in science AI and automation have been things that were ever-improving tools in helping do science quicker and in bulk. AI and machine learning have slowly been improving the rate of data processing and even expanding the...

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Scriptwriter seeks ecological #fieldwork fails

The funniest things happen when you’re out in the middle of a field – or bog, jungle, desert, wood, moor, alpine meadow – trying your best to do science. Sometimes, the science doesn’t want to be done and your equipment stops working. Suw is looking for the best stories for a new film script and wants your help!

By Suw Charman-Anderson, 2 days31 May 2023 ago
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RSCPoster 2023 winner cartoons!

Every year the Royal Society of Chemistry runs an amazing Twitter poster conference called RSCPoster. The conference runs for 24 hours and has thousands of participants from all over the world posting posters and talking chemistry! As with previous years, we Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 1 month2 May 2023 ago
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Reflecting on the founding, growth and success of Overleaf – Part II

“Naively optimistic” – this was my opening to a blog post I wrote for Errant Science five and a half years ago, when Overleaf was approaching its fifth anniversary. Five years later, Overleaf is now ten, and after leading the Read more…

By John Hammersley, 2 months12 April 2023 ago
ErrantExtra

RSCPoster 2023 as told through cartoons and live streams

Every year the Royal Society of Chemistry runs an amazing Twitter poster conference called RSCPoster. The conference runs for 24 hours and has thousands of participants from all over the world posting posters and talking chemistry! As we have in previous Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 3 months8 March 2023 ago
ErrantContent

Our free talk “How to cartoon your science” VOD

Free stuff is the best! And a close second is cartoons. Here’s the recording of our 30min talk How To Cartoon Your Science

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 3 months23 February 2023 ago
ErrantExtra

The Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center blew up our cartoon!

One of the things we absolutely love is getting photos of our cartoons stuck to walls, fridges, equipment and even chairs but it was a surprise to see our work hurtling in an incalculable number of pieces all over the New Mexico desert.

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 months26 January 2023 ago
ErrantContent

Where oh were does all the waste go

Given the exotic and exciting things that scientist play with and produce you’d think that waste disposal would be staggeringly complicated. Special buckets for certain kinds of goo, shredders for tentacles and mops specifically for flaming puddles would seem to Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 months11 January 2023 ago

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