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Is it time I let go of the academic dream? I seem to have been battling with this question for several years now. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to do science – I mean proper science: lab coats, devising experiments, late nights peering down a microscope, Read more…
PhD students are busy, it’s a given. And even though we all complain about it, everyone ends up accepting the burden and moving on with their projects. On a regular ol’ morning, a few months ago, I was particularly busy. Drowning in lab work, I had tons of data to Read more…
It seems my blog post here is going to be a bit different than the others. Not so much academia, more nerdiness, but lots of floofs. So, I get that most people hate to be told that they are wrong about something, but this whole blog post is about how you’re Read more…
What those in dying business sectors call failure, we in tech know to be pre-greatness – Gavin Belson, CEO of Hooli. These may just be the words of a fictional character from Silicon Valley, but they struck a pretty resonant chord with me this month. I’m Alex, and I’m in Read more…
The title of this post might sound harsh, but it’s exactly how I felt the first time I was at a scientific conference. I hadn’t prepared very well for attending this conference, because I was focused on presenting at this conference.
There is a sort of mythos that surrounds doctoral studies – this harrowing vision of life at odd hours, in strange surroundings, with little contact with the outside world. It is a position of solitude and unwavering focus at a level that excludes all human relationships and other concerns. The Read more…
My name is Amanda Glaze (@EvoPhD), and I study the intersections of science and society, specifically evolution, in the Southeastern United States. I am honoured and humbled to join you as a guest blogger here on Errant Science and RealScientists.org in honor of Ada Lovelace Day. It is because of Read more…
I suppose the first thing to do is actually tell you what EGU is. EGU stands for European Geosciences Union (the parties are legendary), and it was formed in 2002. They hold an annual conference in Vienna, Austria; and pretty much every gorram person on the planet attends. At least, Read more…
While I didn’t plan on studying for a PhD, nor did I have any plans on visiting New Zealand, let alone living there, I somehow ended up doing exactly that. What follows is a brief, and hopefully entertaining, account of my time studying abroad. Of course, the first thing that Read more…
