Eggheads and Cheeseheads – Feedback
Dr. Albert has hit the nail right on the cheesehead! My daughter (Allison H. Bartlett, MD , a pediatric infectious disease specialist raised in Madison, WI) sent me Albert’s article this am. I am a...
View ArticleThe consequences of scientific misconduct
An article published last week by The Scientist looks at the short- and long-term consequences of scientific misconduct on the careers of those who perpetrated it. In Life After Fraud, three scientists...
View ArticleMore Fun with Fungi
A note from a reader: Editor: It was great to see fungi out in science careers as a career option! Having working with fungi since an undergraduate I am often surprised at how little focus they get...
View ArticleTaking Issue with “After the Fall of the Wall”
Our package on science in Eastern Europe provoked the following reply from Yale Richmond, an expert on the subject: Elisabeth Pain and Kate Travis in Science Careers (November 6, 2009) are correct in...
View ArticleSend Us Your Essays
Regular Science Careers readers know that we occasionally publish personal essays written by interesting scientists in our In Person series. Most of these essays start as unsolicited reader...
View ArticleGossip is Good, Even in the Lab
In a January Mind Matters column, Irene Levine argued that in the science lab, gossip has some positive aspects but needs to be handled very carefully. Not long after, I got a response from Richard...
View ArticleOpen Results from Biomedical Research Projects: Where Are They?
The following letter was submitted in response to Chelsea Wald’s article Scientists Embrace Openness. Open Results from Biomedical Research Projects: Where Are They? Maojo, V., Garcia-Remesal, M,...
View ArticleMore from the Author of This Week’s In Person Essay
Tracy Ainsworth, who wrote this week’s In Person essay on combining a science career with family in Australia, sent me an e-mail describing her experiences, which I reproduce here with her permission:...
View ArticleIf I’m Dumbing You Down, You’re Bumming Me Out
Adam Ruben’s most recent column, “Experimental Error: The Unwritten Rules of Journalism,” provoked this response from science writer Hannah Holmes. Footnotes are hers. Yes, science writers make...
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