A new preprint of a forthcoming paper I collaborated on dropped in Journal of Crustacean Biology last week. Today, it’s in the journal’s...

In a response to a poll that showed Canadians’ trust is science might be weakening, Timothy Caulfield tweeted : Trust in science falling...

Australia has issued a set of crayfish stamps! Hat tip to Dr. Crayfish . External links Set of Freshwater Crayfish stamps

Two of my interests recently intersected on ABC’s The Science Show . As regular readers might know, I have been fascinated with the creati...

I had the great fun of talking to Ivan Baxer and Liz Haswell for The TapRoot podcast! We chatted about my two most recent contributions...

You too can send your name to Mars !

Caitlyn Vander Wheele showcased the latest iteration of her Interstellate magazine project today! It is featured in the French magazine...

A project will never be “perfect,” but it can be “done.”

Because I curate a collection of stings and hoaxes , I have been following the so-called “grievance studies” affair by Helen Pluckrose, Jame...

In every field of science, there are certain basic facts. These are the facts that if you get them wrong, mark you as naïve at best and fool...

( This post contains material that some may find distressing; specifically, suicide. ) I’m too young to remember the moon landing. (Con...

Last year, I gave a talk at Northern Vermont University about crustacean pain. It was recorded by the local public access television station...

Corina Newsome! This is your fault! You have to go and say : Can we get scientific journal articles on audiobook? Please? There is a long...

When UTRGV was forming, I blogged a lot about the choice of a name for a new mascot. What we got was... something that not a lot of people w...

Been meaning to make GIFs of a sand crab digging, suitable for social media sharing, for a while. Here’s a serious one. And here’s a ...

A recent article describes a practice unknown to me. Some authors submit papers for review, get positive reviews, then withdraw it if the r...

It takes a certain kind of academic who refuses to review papers. Not because of lack of expertise, a lack of time, or a conflict of interes...

Lots of academics are upset by bad journals, which are often labelled “predatory.” This is maybe not a great name for them, because it impli...

A common question among non-scientists is how to tell what science you can trust. I think the best answer is, unfortunately, the least pract...

My wife asked me, “Why do you love monsters so much?” Maybe because I can’t remember ever a time I didn’t know about Godzilla. The name a...