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Why Getting a Ph.D. Should Be A Let Down
Did you go to a thesis defense this spring? Last time I attended one I had some strange thoughts about how we reward each other in this crazy business of science that I thought you might find amusing....
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iPosters and Betterposter: How to create a conference poster that people want...
Download free templates, or make the switch to digital-only. This article originally appeared in Nature Index. Researchers meet and share their research in the poster hall at the AGU Fall Meeting....
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How the Word “But” Could Save The World
(The post was first published at Scientific American Blogs.) Candidate Hillary Clinton’s speeches were less compelling than those of now-President Donald Trump. We all understood this. But I, for one,...
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Launching Disk Detective: A New Citizen Science Website
Dear Colleagues, Last year, I made three science-marketing new years resolutions: clean my desk, spruce up my webpage, and launch a citizen science project. The desk and the webpage—let’s say they are...
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How the Word “but” Could Save the World
This article first appeared in Scientific American on April 4, 2018. Candidate Hillary Clinton’s speeches were less compelling than those of now-President Donald Trump. We all understood this. But I,...
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A Stephen Hawking Memory
Thanks to everyone who sent me an article about Stephen Hawking. Let me share a memory. Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne at Caltech in 2000 Hawking wasn’t a person you could meet in the ordinary...
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Pluto, Planet Nine and Other Backyard Worlds
(This article was first published at Discover, PLOS blogs, and the SciStarter blog,) Eighty-seven years ago, this week, Clyde Tombaugh was poring over a pair of photographic plates, hoping to change...
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The “Last Starfighter” Model for Citizen Science
This article was first published in Scientific American. Alex Rogan masters a video game called “Starfighter” where he defends “the Frontier” from “Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada” in a space battle. Soon...
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Interview with Professional Speaker Bernadette Vadurro
Being a scientist means giving lots and lots of talks. You have may have heard me mention the National Speakers Association, the society for people who give talks for a living. I’ve been fascinated by...
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Cool Worlds: Birth of a Science Vlog
Just as the pundits predicted, video is taking over the internet. Youtube has now become the second most popular site on the internet, beating out Facebook. And with the rise of video, science video...
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Two Books to Help You Stand Out in the Scientific Job Market
This book review was first published in Physics World. The Weeknd at the Grammys. The press coverage of this year’s Grammy awards taught me a new term: “producer inflation”. The term refers to the way...
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Bringing the Media to You: A Marketing Tip from the National Speakers...
This week I’m writing to you from the National Speakers Association annual meeting, a great place to learn new marketing tricks. I’m going to share with you a tip I just learned from journalist Geeta...
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I Learned Marketing From My Toddler
I became a father two years ago last month. In those two years I blogged a little less often and gave few workshops than I would have otherwise. But I kept learning valuable lessons about marketing and...
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We’re open. COME IN!
I’ve never been very good at asking for things or telling people to do things. The other kids were better at it. Can I have the big one? Gimme gimme! That was never my style, and I bet it wasn’t...
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Launching Disk Detective: A New Citizen Science Website
Dear Colleagues, Last year, I made three science-marketing new years resolutions: clean my desk, spruce up my webpage, and launch a citizen science project. The desk and the webpage—let’s say they are...
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The Top Five Science Marketing Hits of 2013
Twenty thirteen was another topsy-turvy year for scientists in the U.S. Many of us spent a good part of the year dealing with budgets slashed by sequestration. Government scientists, including last...
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Lobbying for Scientists: Interview with Stephanie Vance, Part 2
Last week, I posted the first half of my interview with advocacy expert Stephanie Vance about how scientists can influence members of Congress. Here, in the second half, Vance goes into more detail...
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Lobbying for Scientists: Interview with Stephanie Vance, Part 1
Speaking as a citizen of the United States, I can say that right now I am not happy with our Congress. If you’re in the U.S.A., I bet you’re not either. So I’d like to offer you an interview with...
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Want to be A Professional Scientist? Ask to Join the Facebook Group
(This article first appeared in Nature.) Planetary scientist Heidi Hammel was at the telescope when Facebook alerted her to an important new target: a comet had just crashed into Jupiter. “I learned...
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Caregiver or Hero—Which One Are You? The Archetypal Roles of Women in Science...
(Originally published in Nature.) The hero, the outlaw, the caregiver—which one of these roles do you play when you’re at work? The theory of archetypes, originated by Carl Jung, fascinates me as a way...
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