Experimental Error

Or how a trip to Walt Disney World tricked me into becoming a scientist

Sure, luck plays a role in science—but that shouldn’t mean that to succeed, you have to get lucky

The worst part of grad school, writes our columnist, is that you can’t predict when it’s going to be over

The worst part of networking, our columnist says, is that it feels like spending time marketing yourself in lieu of doing science

Our columnist offers advice on presenting your work to the most difficult audience there is: children

As Johns Hopkins University floats a plan to limit the number of grad students and raise their salaries, our columnist envisions an overly adjunctified world.

Running out of shopping days? Consider these science-related gifts for the budding little principal investigator on your holiday gift list.

Being a postdoc, says our Experimental Error columnist, has advantages and disadvantages.

We scientists need to get out there and sell, sell, sell, even though salesmanship isn't in our marshmallows.