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The billion-pound misunderstanding
On peer review, academic time and a calculation that does not add up
A moment of recognition
It was heart-breaking to fail the student. But there was nothing else I could do.
When theory overrides data
How the criticism of one figure out of six became grounds for rejecting an entire manuscript as 'artifactual'.
When students take "Cut and Paste" too literally
Why even today students need to experience work in a lab, and not in a virtual reality environment
Cells don't care about your pomodoro timer
All those time management gurus should spend time in a research lab with active experiments
Dance of Destruction: A PAT testing adventure
In the grand theater of bureaucratic safety, the show must always go on.