Scientist Sees Squirrel
Dark taxa, species naming, and inclusivity in science
Broadening our writing, and mentoring, BASE
We are all “developing writers”
I’d cheerfully double my taxes to have a well-funded society
Formalizing and deformalizing academic writing – with and without AI tools
Friday Link: Marlene Zuk on scientists as writers
The curious case of the self-publishing scientist
Friday Link: How to do good science
The OTHER kind of review that really gets my goat
Four kinds of writing “errors”, and how you might respond when you spot them
The piece of writing that just won’t die
The #1 translatable science superpower: knowing what you don’t know
‘The Ecology of Ecologists’: what, if anything, is ecology? (book review)
On a two-word scientific paper, and a fascinating (heated) exchange
Wonderful Latin names: Jynx torquilla
Whatever happened to MOOCs? – and why education doesn’t need revolutionizing
Cover reveal: the 3rd edition ‘Scientist’s Guide to Writing’ is getting closer!
Adapting mentoring to, and with, the developing writer
How to lead a journal club you won’t be embarrassed by later
Three stages of manuscript development – and why they matter to you as a mentor
It’s publication day! “Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences”
Latin Names for Gardeners, Part 4: Four major themes for plant names
Latin Names for Gardeners, Part 3: Who gives a plant its name?
Latin Names for Gardeners, Part 2: Latin names aren’t really Latin (they’re much more interesting than that)
Latin Names for Gardeners, Part 1: Why Latin names?
My far-too-late discovery of “science studies”
Our book is SHIPPING NOW! Here’s an easy stocking stuffer + 5 ideas for what to write on the gift tag ✨
What your Introduction section isn’t
How should you pick a PhD research topic?
“This changes everything” redux: opinions about “pathological pedantry”
Are my academic and non-academic writing styles converging? And would that be good?
The third edition of “The Scientist’s Guide to Writing” is coming your way!
Does this really change *everything*?
All the things I was never trained to do
Close encounters of the extinct kind
There’s no “I” in “peer review” – or is there?
What your Discussion section isn’t
I don’t understand graphical abstracts. So I both hate and admire this one.
Wonderful Latin Names: Karpatiosorbus admonitor
The big assumption behind loud opposition to “AI” writing tools – and its two flavours
Owls, blurbs, and a cover – oh my! “Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences” is getting close
“Ferns”: the most beautiful book I’ve held in a while
My summer of writing books – in song
Sometimes, I love to lose an argument
Wonderful Latin Names: Friendship in plant naming
Mentoring beyond the academic career