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Of all of my experiences, I have found that teaching in college was the hardest because of my age. I was 29 when I became an adjunct professor, but I did not look a day…
I feel I now face an extremely complex social situation, realizing that as humans, we have let part of our humanity go through the grind of daily life.
Many young researchers shy away from the idea of networking because in their minds, networking involves sleek managers in fancy suits flashing business cards at each…
The time has come! I am finally finished with the first year of my PhD. I am now entering a two-week break before I start work full-time for the rest of the summer…
On December 1, Dutch microbiologist Elizabeth Bik was announced as the winner of the prestigious John Maddox prize for her “outstanding work exposing widespread threats…
Although the people around me would remind me that my achievements showed that I had what it takes to be a researcher, I wasn’t convinced.
The International Open Access Week is a great time for the community to reflect upon the ways open access is reshaping scholarly publishing and communication. We reached…
Earth’s geographical surfaces have been formed over millions of years. Although various geological theories aim to explain their formation, the southern Tibetan Plateau…
The supplemental data are crucial to many papers. This post answers some common questions about supplemental data, how they can help you, how they can be used…
How did organic matter reach the Earth in the first place? One way to ponder this question is by observing the distribution and abundance of complex organic molecules in…