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Scientist Sees Squirrel

Seldom original. Often wrong. Occasionally interesting.

  • By Stephen Heard
  • Based in Canada
  • Roughly one post per week
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Aug 2023 5
Sep 2023 4
Oct 2023 5
Nov 2023 4
Dec 2023 3
Jan 2024 5
Feb 2024 4
Mar 2024 5
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Most recent posts

Generosity in authorships: the easy way and the right way
“Academics – especially more senior ones – should be generous with authorships” is something you hear pretty often. As it happens, “Academics – especially more senior ones – should be generous with authorships” is also …
On , by ScientistSeesSquirrel, 66 words
When your paper’s title is a question, is the answer “no”?
Last week, over on Dynamic Ecology, Jeremy made passing reference to a blog post title contravening Betteridge’s Law – that is, the generalization that when a media headline asks a question, the answer is always …
On , by ScientistSeesSquirrel, 67 words
A road map for writing an Introduction
Ok, not that kind of Introduction. I’ve mentioned before that I find the Introduction the hardest part of a scientific paper to write. I know I’m not alone. It’s easy to wander, or to stuff …
On , by ScientistSeesSquirrel, 63 words