We trained more excellence than we can afford.
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It's 2026. Do we still believe that a strictly structured, static PDF is the best way to share scientific findings?
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The days are long but the contracts are short.
You might want to read this before it all vanishes..
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Open Science must resist the comfort of echo chambers. Innovation comes from diverse opinions and inclusive representation that challenge the norm.
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A PhD is a mutual decision. As much as you commit to the project, they must commit to your development.
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Scientific misconduct isn't always scandalous. Some of the “light gray” ethical problems are the ones we can still rationalize.
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The future of fair funding looks suspiciously like ancient Greece.
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The tools are here. It’s time to make knowledge a public good.
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Peer review can be brutal, but at least it is our collective trauma.
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In a culture with permanent urgency, burnout is inevitable.
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✒️Editor's Note: Today's guest post was written by David del Álamo. David earned his PhD in Madrid studying fly wing genetics, then continued his developmental biology research as a postdoc in New York and Paris. After that, he stepped into the dark side of science becoming an editor for The
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This is a list coming straight from my experience and it is NOT a listicle (I hate that word. And the concept.). Just putting it out there, that I wish..
..I had written a review in my field BEFORE ...
When we get the ball rolling in academia, we often find ourselves just eager for an opportunity. You apply for your bachelor's or master's thesis and hope for the best, fantasising about the day a PI ...
The way we publish scientific findings has stayed surprisingly rigid for something so central to progress. The standard IMRaD format originated in the 19th century, with Louis Pasteur being an early a...
✒️Editor's Note: Today's guest post was written by David del Álamo. David earned his PhD in Madrid studying fly wing genetics, then continued his developmental biology research as a postdoc in New Yor...
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Last week, we talked about the importance of choosing a good supervisor to oversee your work, whether it’s for your bachelor’s /master’s thesis or your PhD. That piece of advice sounds wonderful just ...
History holds many lessons that we repeatedly ignore. One such lesson is about the concentration of power. When power concentrates around infrastructure that everyone depends on, accountability erodes...
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We are familiar with the “fraud in science” stories that make the headlines. Those are the ones that are the most unacceptable, dramatic and scandalous. They usually emerge after years and years of be...
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Nowadays, many journals are openly sharing the peer review reports for the articles they publish. If the report is there, it will be the first thing I read, even before looking at the actual results i...
For the past two decades, a lot of innovation has lived under the broad umbrella of the “open” movement. When people talk about openness today, they usually mean things like open source software or op...
