I saw this blog post referencing an article I wrote for the Raleigh News & Observer.
I really just wanted to make 3 comments on it:
1) The blog post really goes where I never ever expected it to go, which is why I had to share it.
2) The author uses my first name. It appears only women are prone to this infantilizing treatment. Yay.
3) It would have been really cool to have made this one research paper part of a longer story explaining epigenetics. I think a good percentage of newspaper readers (sadly not 100...) get genetics, and epigenetics would blow many of their socks off. If they are above a certain age (not very old!) they certainly wouldn't have learned it in high school and perhaps not even in college.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
On a darker note
This is a refreshingly honest piece about adulthood and a scientific career.
I think it points to a reason a lot of women leave academia. If you never felt welcomed in the first place, had to make more effort to network, and so on, leaving does not seem to be a weird proposition. It might easier for some women to throw their hands up and be done with it, just as its harder for them to stay in the game.
I think it points to a reason a lot of women leave academia. If you never felt welcomed in the first place, had to make more effort to network, and so on, leaving does not seem to be a weird proposition. It might easier for some women to throw their hands up and be done with it, just as its harder for them to stay in the game.
Writing the Great American....Textbook or Nonfiction book
I am extremely excited about the possibility of one day writing a book, so this post struck a chord, especially since it's specific to academics.
Rupert Murdoch is a Socialist?
Well, compared to academic publishers, according to this story from the Guardian. (Fuller version here. )
"Everyone claims to agree that people should be encouraged to understand science and other academic research. Without current knowledge, we cannot make coherent democratic decisions. But the publishers have slapped a padlock and a Keep Out sign on the gates.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Follow the lede
This is a cute post I was alerted to by some folks from the Santa Fe Workshop.
I've violated all of these, and it's hard to think of a lede, especially on the spot, that doesn't violate these rules.
In fact, in a random unscientific polling of Scientific American blogs performed just now, none escaped cliche.
I've violated all of these, and it's hard to think of a lede, especially on the spot, that doesn't violate these rules.
In fact, in a random unscientific polling of Scientific American blogs performed just now, none escaped cliche.
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