Experimental Error: What Happens in the Lab Stays in the Lab
Our labs are science-based mini-societies -- so why do we run them in the same arbitrary and bureaucratic way as the rest of the world?
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Experimental Error: Fetus Don't Fail Me Now
His daughter still in the embryonic stage, our columnist wonders whether it's too early to steer her toward a career in science. -
Forging a Head
Scientific hoaxes can be fun (when they're harmless) while also serving a serious function: exposing failures of scientists' most important tool, their skepticism. -
Experimental Error: Achieving Immortality
How can we ensure that future students will read our names when, many years from now, they open their science textbooks on their iPad 15s? -
Most Likely to Secede
No talented child ever says, "I want to pipette repetitively when I grow up." -
Experimental Error: Lies, Damned Lies, and Seminars
For all the naive and gullible graduate students out there, here is a handy guide to what those speakers are really saying. -
Experimental Error: Electile Dysfunction
Over tea, our columnist considers what the congressional elections might mean for the prospects of science and scientists. -
Don't Worry, I'm (Un)Professional: A Guide to Your Laboratory Colleagues
Our Experimental Error columnist asks, "Who are the people in your fume hood?" -
Experimental Error: All That Glitters Is All We Remember
Why are we most fascinated by the irrelevant aspects of science? -
Experimental Error: Don't Try This at Home
Shouldn't scientists blow more things up? Introducing the first humor column about being, and becoming, a scientist.
