Australia’s PhD graduates can be better utilised in the non‐academic workforce “Our research shows that 80% of job ads looking for employees with high levels of research skills did not mention the PhD as a qualification.” Read the short article here and find the full paper here.
Take the Harvard implicit bias test here. Everyone has implicit biases – thoughts and feelings outside your conscious awareness and control which influence your decisions. Once you’re aware of them, you can start taking steps to address them.
Love them or hate them, hugs are part of Western culture. But hugging is not as straightforward as it may seem. Where do your arms go? How long is too long?
A scientific pitch is different to a scientific presentation – know the difference.
Tiny new genes appearing in human DNA show how we’re still evolving.
Animations are an invaluable data/concept visualisation tool in your science communications. Learn more about how cartoons and animation help communicate your science and ideas.
All our ancestors had plenty of fur. According to a new study on relatively hairless mammals, we still have the means to be hirsute. Those genes, it seems, have simply been switched off.
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