The Singular Scientist

Is self-plagiarism possible? Let's first define what this is. Basically, it refers to the reuse of significant portions of one's o...

With the recent news about journalist Farid Zakaria's suspension (and reinstatement ) by his employers because of an alleged instance o...

A few weeks ago I attended a scientific conference and participated in an undergraduate mentoring program run by our science society. The pr...

In previous posts (starting here ), I talked about con artists and social manipulators.  I'd like to elaborate on one of the types of co...

If you are a regular reader, you may have noticed that I have changed the title of this blog from "Women in Wetlands" to "The...

Some time ago I read the novel, Solar , by Ian McEwan, which chronicles the shenanigans of the anti-hero, Michael Beard, a fictional Nobel P...

In the previous post, I began describing a recent experience in which I was faced with a distraction during a plenary talk.  While I was tal...