Dr Matthias Rillig gives advice for PhD students, postdocs and group leaders on how to navigate the various challenges that academia presents.
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Networking does not have to involve huge amounts of face time. The key is to aim for a steady level of regular interaction with others — think titration, not chain reaction.
A podcast that discusses how to get media coverage for your research.
More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their own experiments.
Poorly automated translation or software that attempts to disguise plagiarism? Read about ‘Tortured Phrases’ in journal articles.
Going without sleep for too long kills animals but scientists are only just starting to work out why.
Have a play with drawing icebergs to see how they float.
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