When I was a kid, my three sisters and I had a household chore rotation. One week out of four, we were each responsible for doing the dishes. Occasionally, we'd load the dishwasher like morons, positioning dishes in ways that…
In this blog post, I talked about researchers' fear of leaving information out of their research communication products. This week, I'm digging a little deeper into the specifics of what types of information (in my opinion) are and aren't OK…
You know those suspense stories where a character is scared of the wrong thing? Like when a cop is tracking a serial killer, and she’s pretty sure it’s the creepy taxi driver, but it ends up being her own hot,…
Two weeks ago, I realized that one of my fundamental beliefs about the world was wrong. Over the past several years, I’ve facilitated a bunch of workshops on designing and presenting scientific posters. Broadly, those workshops cover what content should…