Welcome to another episode of our series, "Daily Rituals of Scientists." In this series, we uncover what shaped the daily lives of famous scientists. Did their daily rituals contribute to their genius, or were they...
Deliberate cold exposure for focus
Deliberate cold exposure has many physical benefits, but what does it do for your mind? In this post, you'll learn the hows and whys behind deliberate cold exposure. You'll also discover scientifically tested protocols to...
Mixups unmixed: ‘A Number of Variables’ or ‘An Amount of Data?’
Hello, hello! Welcome to your English phrase workout - "Mixups Unmixed!" Again this month, we're exploring sets of words that scientists tend to confuse in their papers. Your challenge: guess the correct use of these...
How to choose the right keywords for your paper
If you think of keywords as unimportant details of your paper, I get it. Selecting my keywords used to be one of the last things I did when uploading my articles to the journal platform....
Where does your writer’s block come from?
Are you struggling to write your paper or thesis? Do you find yourself constantly postponing writing? Or when you do write, you're inefficient and don't make as much progress as you should? If so, you're...
Using ‘s, Of, and Zero Possessive: A guide for scientific writers
I have an embarassing confession to make: After decades of writing in English (and years of teaching scientific writing), I still struggle with possessives. A possessive is the 's or the of that you put...