Category: Random Thoughts
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Posted on November 17, 2017
U.S. facing a climate scientist brain drain?
Should I stay, or should I go (nod to The Clash)
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Posted on November 7, 2016
Betting on managed grazing
Herbivores
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Posted on March 2, 2015
Down with P-values!
One of the few bloggers I follow just posted on the decision by Basic and Applied Social Psychology to prohibit the use of P-values and […]
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Posted on November 7, 2014
ASA/CSSA/SSSA
This is a very big meeting, but I was surprised by how much I’ve started to recognize people after just a couple years of going […]
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Posted on February 10, 2014
Travel Blog #1: Mad Science!
A not-that-hidden benefit of a conference that takes a Libertarian stance toward meals is that you benefit from a substantial allotment of time at the […]
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Posted on January 6, 2014
We need to talk about TED
A recent editorial on global maters by Benjamin Bratton in the Guardian, “We need to talk about TED,” (12/30/13): http://www.theguardian.com/profile/benjamin-bratton. This is an outstanding critique of the […]
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Posted on June 11, 2013
Soil microbes in The Atlantic
Microbes getting mainstream coverage now. Looks like the interest with microbes is still mostly in their interactions with visible organisms, rather than the stuff they […]
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Posted on June 8, 2013
Lighter Friday fun
To reiterate my comments from lab meeting this week, The Simpsons turn their spotlight o’ parody on Iceland, and make fun of its smallness, its […]
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Posted on May 8, 2013
On becoming a scientist
I thought this Nature article did a nice job describing one person’s journey on their way to becoming a scientist. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7448/full/nj7448-277a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20130509
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Posted on April 20, 2013
Some Friday evening science thoughts
In light of our ongoing conversation on statistics and the fact that all of us in the lab continue to work on producing science, I […]
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Posted on March 16, 2013
Barack Obama pitches $2bn clean energy research fund
This was a refreshing bit of weekend news. It is rare to read something in the news that is refreshing so the weekend is going […]
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Posted on March 12, 2013
Lots and lots on willpower
Oh, hello. Don’t mind me. I’ll be out of here in a moment. Ok, well if you must know, a conversation my friend and I […]