Timothée PoisotMammoths are gone. So what?Uncollected thoughts about de-extinctionMar 1, 2017Mar 1, 2017
Timothée PoisotThe exhausted academicEvery so often, academic twitter is all, well, a-tweeting, with the question of “How many hours should an academic work every week?”. For…Jan 20, 2017Jan 20, 2017
Timothée PoisotOne simple trick to become a good ecologistLast week, someone gave me the one true secret to become a good ecologist. Since you are understandably eager to hear it, here it is: you…Dec 18, 2016Dec 18, 2016
Timothée PoisotGeneralised Academic DisorderOne thing I tell students, especially graduate students that are just starting, and experience their first personal crisis, is that losing…Oct 17, 2016Oct 17, 2016
Timothée PoisotStop submitting papers.I woke up to three requests for review, and two papers to handle as a subject editor. It is unusual, but it happens. I declined to do all…Oct 13, 20165Oct 13, 20165
Timothée PoisotScience is about failureYou know it’s true. Academic science in particular is a near-constant stream of not-quite-succeeding that is sometimes broken by a rare…Aug 25, 20161Aug 25, 20161
Timothée PoisotFree and Open Source ScienceWe made it. The only piece of proprietary software that my research group uses is the driver for our network printer. The rest, all the…Aug 23, 20163Aug 23, 20163
Timothée PoisotWrite. Don’t type.These last months, because of a combination of projects being completed, grants being due, and students’ manuscripts shaping up, I spent an…Jul 7, 2016Jul 7, 2016
Timothée PoisotDon’t sweat the 2–2–2 rule of publishingThere is a common bit of folksy wisdom passed among academics that, if order to be deemed productive, you must follow the 2–2–2 rule of…Jun 9, 20161Jun 9, 20161