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It was the week before Christmas when I had to deal with an academic bombshell. Well, I might be exaggerating a bit, but it surely had many hallmarks of a bombshell:…
- Claire Jarvis
- June 26, 2019
When people say you’ll spend your first few months simply reading…they mean it! You’re not expected to be an expert in the field when you first start your PhD so take…
- Katie Gambier-Ross
- May 3, 2019
Performing cross-validation correctly can help ensure that you get robust and reliable results. Here we discuss the how's and why's of cross-validating your data. …
- Marisha Fonseca
- September 8, 2023
The increasing number of devices connected over wireless networks is causing channels of information flow to be congested with heavy information traffic. In a new study,…
- Impact Science
- November 7, 2019
By the end of the six Apollo missions that took place from 1969-72, astronauts brought back a total of 842 pounds of rocks and dust from the moon. Of the 2,200 samples,…
- Malvika Gaur
- March 24, 2022
Last week, I finished the final data collection for my PhD. It’s now occurred to me that I might be stressed about this. I could be stressed because I’ve never done…
- Bronwyn Swartz
- June 4, 2019
As we celebrate Peer Review Week 2022, we ask experts to reflect on how celebrating Peer Review Week has created an impact in scholarly communications or academia.
- Mriganka Awati
- September 23, 2022
In this blog post, we’ll break down what Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) is, how it works, and explore some fascinating applications of RDD in answering pressing…
- Marisha Fonseca
- October 16, 2023
Various proteins expressed in cells of the immune system have shown to play an important role in various disorders, including cancer, allergy, and autoimmune disease. In…
- Impact Science
- August 6, 2020
You don’t belong here. You aren’t this smart. You will flounder. You aren’t as good as your application says. Your advisor probably thinks they made a mistake. You’re…
- PhDoing Life
- May 21, 2019