This post is cross-posted with Berkeley Scientific Journal If you’ve recently taken a glimpse at the front page of any major science…
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This article is being cross-listed on The Berkeley Science Review. Check out some other really interesting pieces there! One of the most exciting…
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After leaving the California Institute of Technology with a BS degree in biology, I took a relaxed summer in preparation for what…
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The Student Blog The Infinite Classroom: An Ode to Student-Led Classes in ScienceRead more
Science education in schools has a flaw: Large lectures are by definition impersonal, and they often leave out the larger context of…
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The Student Blog We need to check our work: Rethinking replication and publishingRead more
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The Student Blog An Ode to Patch ClampingRead more
I’ve been a graduate student in bioengineering for quite a while now—let’s call it “more than five years”—but I harbor a far…
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The Student Blog What do PLOS and Lady Gaga have in common?Read more
What do PLOS and Lady Gaga have in common? Nothing really…unless you count this video parody from some grad students at the…