Watching paint dry is boring at a macroscopic level, but it’s actually really interesting at a microscopic level!
A goldfish in a tiny robotic vehicle is proving that animals from different environments can still find their way around when you take them out of their comfortable habitats
Learn about how setting the right goals (i.e. objectives) can mean the difference between success and failure.
The Nature Journal group regularly undertakes a global survey of postgraduate students. I encourage you to submit your thoughts if you are a postgraduate student, or forward the survey on to your students.
Take 20 seconds to walk with a starfish. This striking video of a starfish walking along on the surface of an aquarium wall demonstrates how the animal moves using hundreds of tube feet.
Scientists receive too little peer-review training. Here’s one method from Nature for effectively peer-reviewing papers.
Leaving academia and becoming an online entrepreneur: embracing the good, the bad and the ugly.
Proponents embrace LaTeX because of the total control it offers for document layout.
