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Putting Pen to Paper
One key to surviving graduate school is writing. A recent analysis of job ads published in the APS Observer found that, on average, PhD students who go straight into a tenure-track position have six publications
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2012 Wikipedia Symposium
The 2012 APS Annual Convention featured the symposium “Wikipedia in the Classroom: Initial Responses to the Call to Action.” The symposium included a status report on the APS Wikipedia Initiative and featured presentations from APS
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The values diet
The Boston Globe: Losing weight is hard. Wouldn’t it be nice if a simple one-time exercise could shave off several pounds over several months? Researchers asked women to write about their most important value and
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Writing Things Down Can Actually Help You Lose Weight
NewsRadio 95: Could a pen and pad be more useful in weight loss than a barbell? A recent study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, found that women that
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Writing a Psychology Textbook: Is It For You?
Writing a psychology textbook can be a worthwhile and rewarding experience. This article will explore the reasons for writing a textbook, the personal and professional prerequisites, the nature of the commitment, suggestions for gaining textbook
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Why Scientists and Journalists Don’t Always Play Well Together
Forbes: A few months ago I came across a blog post written by a well-credentialed scientist, the gist of which was that he’d recently given his last interview to a journalist. So horribly were his
