Online science communication and the importance of empathy

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Only 24 hours in the day PART TWO: Breakdown by type of institution

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Only 24 hours in the day PART TWO: Breakdown by type of institution The above image is of the Anthropology Museum at Beloit College (creative commons license).   Last week we covered some general

Only 24 hours in the day: academic trade-offs in teaching and research

0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Only 24 hours in the day: academic trade-offs in teaching and research The above image is of Firestone Library at Princeton University (creative commons license).   How do you spend the majority of your

Restoring what was lost: semi-natural grassland habitat restoration in Sweden

Source: Restoring what was lost: semi-natural grassland habitat restoration in Sweden AddThis Sharing Buttons above Source: Restoring what was lost: semi-natural grassland habitat restoration in Sweden The above image was taken in Hjelle, Norway (creative

Restoring what was lost: semi-natural grassland habitat restoration in Sweden

By Sasha Wright Source: Restoring what was lost: semi-natural grassland habitat restoration in Sweden   The above image was taken in Hjelle, Norway (creative commons license).  Human domination of earth’s ecosystems is well documented.  Past

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Stadium speakers and psychologists: a survey for scientists in tenured and tenure-track positions

Source: Stadium speakers and psychologists: a survey for scientists in tenured and tenure-track positions The image above is taken of a Baruch College lecture hall that seats 500 students (creative commons license). In today’s academic job

Paying for rainforests: current PLoS research on the economic valuation of ecosystem services by Katie Barry

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Remotely sensed cloud cover predicts biodiversity & climate change vulnerability

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Bright lights big city: do energy-efficient LED lights cause unexpected ecological damage?

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How to find a moose: intentions in phenomenological and mechanistic models by Adam Clark

The above image is by USFWS Midwest (creative commons license). Guest Post by Adam Clark at the University of Minnesota   How might you go about finding a moose?   It turns out that this