by Dan on September 11, 2008

Graduate Survival Guide: The ultimate goals of graduate students are to obtain a Ph.D. and to become prepared for a professional career in science. A "professional career in science" can be a great many things, e.g., a professor (read on...)

by Liam on September 4, 2008

7+ years' training-a batchelor's and a PhD-and for what? Starting at the bottom in a profession that offers repetitive work, poor pay, long hours and frustratingly hard-to-come-by successes. And to make it worse, you can't afford (read on...)

by Nick on April 21, 2008

Do you fear failure every time you do an experiment? Do you feel constantly stressed about obtaining poor results? Do you feel personally culpable when an experiment goes wrong? If you answered "yes" to any or all of these (read on...)

by Dan on February 13, 2008

One view on the aim of graduate studies towards a PhD is to foster critical learning and thinking habits, much more so than to simply learn facts. You're supposed to learn how to "think like a scientist," or develop and mature (read on...)

by Nick on February 7, 2008

Are you a visual, aural, read-write or kinesthetic learner? If you don't know, it could be a good idea to find out. Changing the way you learn, study and take notes to suit your learning tendencies can allow you to learn faster (read on...)

by Nick on October 26, 2007

Spare a thought for your poor over-worked neurons. In the information age, they are bombarded with input from the moment they are dragged into consciousness by the radio alarm clock each morning then throughout the day by e-mail, (read on...)