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Alternative Research Metrics

9 November 2012 – 12:51 |

Most scientific researchers know the agony of waiting to hear about the status of a submitted manuscript. They are eager to change the phrase “manuscript submitted” on a grant application or curriculum vitae to “in …

Asking the Public for Money

6 July 2012 – 08:43 |

Postdoctoral research fellow David Kipping has often seen other astronomers don smart jackets when attending meetings or giving presentations, especially when they knew that funding powers-that-be would also be there. So before heading to one …

How To Avoid Retirement

2 July 2011 – 20:44 | 3 Comments

In Japan late last year I met a professor who moved to Tokyo to avoid mandatory retirement at his institute in Kyoto. My story about how to stay in academia past your nominal retirement date …

Matching Scientists with Adventurers

19 May 2011 – 11:04 |

Gregg Treinish, a man whose hiking credentials include a stroll along most of the Andes, took part in the Appalachian Trail Days event last weekend with an unusual sense of purpose. On a …