Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2020, Part 2
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!) . Part 2.
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2020, Part 1
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.
Size Matters, or, Why Don’t We Have Gigantic Bacteria?
Why aren’t we overrun with gigantic bacteria? It’s a matter of diffusion.
Important Tardigrade Update
Breaking news — tardigrades are even more amazing than you thought.
Pandemic Post Roundup
Collecting some key posts on scholarly communications during the pandemic, as we enter into a new wave of infection.
Real, Substantive Change Takes Time, Hard Work
Some inspiration in difficult times from a classical source.
VOTE!
No post from us today — US readers, please vote!
Halloween’s Greetings
A gorgeous version of a ghost song for your Halloween listening.
A Review of Amazon’s Alexa — From 1988
A look back at how Amazon’s Alexa service might have worked using state of the art 1988 technology.
A Fast Trip Through 13 Centuries of English
Planning a trip back through time? Have you thought about whether you’ll be able to understand what anyone is saying?
Raising Children at the (Literal) Top of an Academic Institution
A look at some unexpected campus residents of UC Berkeley.
Back to School — Be Kind to Your Coworkers Who Are Parents
Back to school time is going to be chaotic for many of your coworkers. Some thoughts on how you can make their lives easier and keep your business moving forward.
Exploring the Microcosmos
A surprisingly meditative lesson in Differential Contrast Interference Microscopy.
Fixing the Present Requires an Understanding of History
John Oliver presents a fairly devastating look at how history is taught in America and how that has contributed to our current problems.
Revisiting: The Problem(s) With Credit for Peer Review
Revisiting a 2015 post to ask whether we are any closer to offering researchers credit for non-research activities?