[ Content | View menu ]

Monthly Archive June, 2008

Not quite Science Tuesday: Life after the lab

June 11, 2008

Regular readers may remember about a month of whinging and hand wringing about my lack of employment, demoralization and general shittiness. Funny, that. Just a week or so after taking on one job I’ve now been offered, and am likely to accept, a second. The writing gig is only part time, so I’ve been looking [...]

Science, work - 27 Comments

Science Tuesday: Lies on the Motel TV

June 3, 2008

In last week’s lively Science Tuesday comment stream, Matthew pointed out that one of the things that many scientists struggle with is communicating with the public. I think that he’s dead on target. Scientists, particularly academic scientists, don’t do themselves any favors by not learning how to talk to the average Joe or Jane. I [...]

Media, Science - 8 Comments