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$20,000 for a PhD-level agent. For the same amount, you could hire 5 PhD students (or 3 postdocs) in the US. Two thoughts on this: 1. I understand the reason for such prices. OpenAI is burning through cash like crazy. In 2024 alone, they spent $5 billion to run its services.

Senior PhDs deserve more than endless lab duties. They deserve a defense that is done in time. Overstaying in the PhD program is normally a bad idea. Downsides are: - The students get too rooted into your lab and will find the next transition harder to make - The students

Publishing for the sake of publishing makes you a noise generator. How does it work? Quite simply: - The deeper your studies, the more each study takes, and the less you publish. This makes your research more interesting and easier to follow. - However, boring research

Many big discoveries were hiding in plain sight. Now, a new breakthrough: the antibiotic kills drug-resistant bacteria without harming human cells. From a garden, scientists took some soil, put it into Petri dishes and stored for a year. Then, they exposed the microbes to

“I really love my country, but a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now.” - PhD student at a top US university. Nature poll: 80% of postdocs consider leaving. 75% of PhD students consider leaving. A postdoc in a biomedical field.: “Don’t want to leave, but

Some students are desperate to get a PhD position. Some say they’ve spent years applying and trying. As if it's a golden ticket to a better future. I understand them - I was there too. One thing I’ve learned over the years is: Your true passion may be misaligned with PhD.

In academia, ‘visibility factors’ play a HUGE role. A PhD is just a bare minimum. In the past, I applied for faculty positions & was interviewed across the US (and a bit in Europe). I naively assumed that a great research proposal were key to getting a faculty position. But

This is hilarious. Spectra without spectra. Published just fine. - Journal? "Molecules" (MDPI). - Peer Review quality? Zero. - Editor's attention? Apparently none. I know that life in academia is hard. But getting access to a real XPS is not so difficult today...