Daily Archives: 20 February 2013

Time to Eradicate the Academic Jerk?

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Athene Donald

There have been several articles/blogposts recently pointing out that scientists are just like everyone else. For instance, they have emotions (see this Observer article from last week detailing the ups and downs of research life); and they get stressed, as … Continue reading →

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The Journal of Anthropomorphism

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

While browsing journal TOCs in my RSS reader earlier today, I realised that I seem to have subconsciously assigned human personalities to some of the journals I read most frequently. For example: Current Biology is an extrovert who enthusiastically dives into … Continue reading →

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