Week 5
Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed
Week 4
Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed
Week 3
Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed
Week 2
Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed
Week 1
Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed
On marathons
How I'm buckling in for a long stretch of hard work. Learning to run long distances is helping me think about how to survive our current situation.
So Long and Thanks for All the SciComm
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA Almost two years ago, when I was starting to think about moving away from academia, I was faced with many...
Facts, feelings, and the end of the world
Scicomm & sensemaking as relates to cognitive dissonance
Why Write?
file under: THE STACK this one is from: AMBIKA In the last few months, we’ve somehow created an impromptu series on the craft of writing. I wanted to end...
Writing As Conversation
file under: PROCESS NOTES this one is from: AMBIKA To think about writing as a conversation between a writer and a reader is crucial to effective written...
A Writing Case Study
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: ED(!) A quick note: this is a cross-post from Ed Yong’s newsletter, The Ed’s Up. In this post, Ed’s talking about...
Writing about Writing
file under: THE STACK this one is from: AMBIKA Sometime last week, I sat down to write this post and titled it, rather grandly, “The Joys of Writing.” It was...
So What Do You Do?
file under: PROCESS NOTES this one is from: LIZ Last December, Ambika and I took a large roll of paper, unfurled it across my dining room table, and started...
On Book Talks and Suitcases
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA & LIZ From Ambika: Before I joined Liminal, I worked as an evolutionary biologist studying animal behavior....
Balancing the Bitter: Making the Most of Something I Hate
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA I just finished reading a book that I expected to like. Instead, I really, really, do not like it, for no...
A 'Conversation' Piece
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: LIZ I am evidently a bit of a monster: I am unbothered by, and sometimes even enjoy, listening to recordings of my...
Announcing the Liminal Collective!
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA At the heart of everything we do at Liminal is our conviction that science communication is not just one...
Bravely taking the stage
file under: IN CONVERSATIONthis one is from: LIZ I’m still thinking about courage and this idea that courage is like a muscle. How do we flex it? What does...
Odds and Ends
file under: THE STACKthis one is from: AMBIKA For this edition of Making Science Make Sense, we’ve assembled a collection of things that we (and some of our...
Moments, Memories, Meaning
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA I recently ran my first workshop as a member of Liminal! It was about telling the story of one’s journey in...
The Case for (Scientific) Courage
file under: IN CONVERSATION this one is from: LIZ In my last post, I wrote about recognizing and reclaiming power over your career choices. But I couldn’t...
Breaking the Spell
file under: SOLICITED ADVICE. this one is from: LIZ. In 2009, Vanity Fair hooked me with a story about how fishing policy transformed Iceland into “a machine...
Science Communication in the Land of the Elephant Seals
file under: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. this one is from: AMBIKA. Here on the California coast, the start of the winter heralds the arrival of northern elephant...
Why Trust Science?
file under: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. this one is from: AMBIKA. Every time I go to the doctor, I give myself a pep talk beforehand. I remind myself that I...
When an immovable fact meets an unstoppable feeling
file under: SOLICITED ADVICE. this one is from: LIZ. When my husband and I were invited to join Slate’s Dear Prudence podcast, I was thrilled to be tasked...