Daniel Dennett just published "I've Been Thinking"! In it he discusses his process of “tillosophy”: when you realize you're stuck, deliberately switch to a less intellectually demanding activity (like tilling a field on a farm), as this actually helps move the thinking forward.

"The eight highest-ranked institutions in the India National Institutional Research Framework 2022 rankings had fewer female faculty members than average, with a median of around 10%." nature.com/articles/d4158… Thank you for the feature Dyani Lewis !

Real mentoring in science is not limited to discussing just the objective parts - experiments & analyses - but extends deep into the subjective: figuring out why we are interested in a problem, what we like about an approach, and how the project gets us all fired up for science.

Editor reaching out to reviewers before the holiday season x.com/Bornakang/stat…

The seminar is as crucial for a scientist as the gallery opening is for an artist. Here are some tips accumulated from my circle of friends..

Women in Evolutionary Biology 🤩 We are happy to announce a workshop featuring scientific talks on Evolutionary Biology and discussion sessions on topics relevant to women in science! 🗓️ 14 - 16 May 2024 📍@MPI_EvolBio Everyone is welcome! Apply here: rb.gy/fnudrj

As an academic writing coach, here are the 9 mistakes I see PhD and grad students make when writing scientific papers. A thread 🧵 as long tweet: #1: Thinking it’s laziness when you are procrastinating on your paper 🦥 Most PhD students procrastinate writing their paper (aka

Are you a thermal biologist? In this new study led by Karla Alujević, we show that 3D-printed models produce accurate estimates of operative temperature and represent a more viable and reproducible alternative to copper electroforming. 1/n sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Real science: 1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding 2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years 3. Leads to more questions than it answers 4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions 5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way

Have you ever gazed in the eyes of a frog? They are mesmerising! But why evolve so much variation? We explore the ecology and evolution of iris pattern variation in our newest paper in Evolutionary Ecology: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A new study by researchers from ATREE, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) published in Evolutionary Ecology looks into the stunning iris pattern of frogs and toads.

Say hello to #oVertTCN, a 6-year effort to create 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and make them freely available online. Led by Florida Museum, along with MorphoSource and collabs across 18 institutions. Story (and amazing video): floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scient…

New paper, hot off the press 🥳! Larger animals have longer limbs and are stronger-so why are the fastest runners of intermediate size? It's all to do with physical constraints on muscle, the prime mover. Collab w/ Christofer Clemente, Taylor Dick and P Bishop. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

It's getting harder and harder to ignore climate change. Avichal Tatu leads an incredible project in our lab showing that the spiny tailed lizards in the Thar desert have great strategies for thermoregulation but it may not be enough in the near future. journals.biologists.com/bio/article/13…

Recently, a student asked me why they have to learn trigonometry which doesn’t have real life applicability. My response wasn’t convincing. Here is Stanford alumni, Hamza Alsamrae, a math major, who responds as it should be…

Join us for "Kaapi with Kuriosity" talk with Abi T Vanak ATREE as he uncovers the hidden lives of lesser-known species in our open natural habitats. 30 June, Sun 4 PM Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium Bengaluru, Bengaluru More info: icts.res.in/outreach/kaapi…

Excited about this SSAR 2024 symposium on “ Global Perspectives on the Frontiers of Herpetology” sites.lsa.umich.edu/ummz-ssar2024/…, which is starting with a plenary lecture by Kartik Shanker #ssar2024

Never let academia get in the way of your creativity. Students: organize your own brainstorming sessions, journal clubs and informal presentations, as most programs won't do it for you!

Visualizing Science! I'm holding a series of free, online workshops, thanks to Johns Hopkins University. All are welcome! I plan to have fun with Danielle VanBrabant, Damond Kyllo, and Amey Zhang to introduce visualization topics and challenges. No art experience is necessary.