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(Cross post from Stolen Gods) Like most people, I was devastated to hear about the earthquake in Nepal, a sight…
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Not the public engagement that you SHOULD do, rather what you CAN do without much added effort.
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Dear students: academics work for free. A lot. More than anyone tells you.
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As some of you know I am on a 3 year post doc. I am one month into year 3….
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Absolutely all of the concern is gone. I almost can’t believe that I nearly left. It seems so silly now….
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I woke up this morning in paradise with a headache, feeling out of sorts. Up at 6 in the tent…
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Night falls fast in the tropics: obviously. I’m typing by the light of my screen at mile 29 of the…
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Day 3: Stone Woman Revisited A certain shape of the days ahead is growing in my mind. That shape, at…
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Poor sleep: no malaria dreams, but a dog whose sole purpose on earth, it thought, was to bark all night….