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Online science communication and the importance of empathy
0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Online science communication and the importance of empathy Above banner image by Thomas Leuthard (Coffee & Social Media, creative commons license) Guest Post by Nicole Miller-Struttmann, Laurence L. Browning Jr. Assistant Professor, Webster University
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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in UncategorizedStadium 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
Source: Paying for rainforests: current PLoS research on the economic valuation of ecosystem services by Katie Barry The above image was taken of rainforest patrol workers in Viet Nam as part of the Forest Ecosystem
Remotely sensed cloud cover predicts biodiversity & climate change vulnerability
Source: Remotely sensed cloud cover predicts biodiversity & climate change vulnerability AddThis Sharing Buttons above The above image is of the Sahel in central Africa (creative commons license). The modern world is in the midst
Bright lights big city: do energy-efficient LED lights cause unexpected ecological damage?
Source: Bright lights big city: do energy-efficient LED lights cause unexpected ecological damage? Image above: new LED streetlights in the city of Houston, TX (meltedpastic, creative commons license). Planet earth runs on light energy. Light
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
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