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Bursting the "mother tree" bubble
Why is the story of altruistic trees so attractive (and so hard for scientists to counteract)?
Jan 9, 2025
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Liz Haswell
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When feeding the world gets morally murky
The scientific savior complex and Vavilov's seed bank
Oct 7, 2024
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Liz Haswell
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Control the narrative!
Who gets to decide what we talk about when we talk about plants?
May 28, 2024
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Liz Haswell
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Overworking Our Critical Thinking Skills
Moving from judgement to discernment in academic science
Mar 11, 2024
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Liz Haswell
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Five reasons why we should stop advising faculty to “just say no”
tl;dr: it perpetuates inequality and devalues service
Jan 29, 2024
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Liz Haswell
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What shape does your story take?
On narrative arcs, cycles, and a new year
Dec 31, 2023
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Liz Haswell
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Who do we science for?
On obligations and audience
Nov 20, 2023
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Liz Haswell
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Why study plants?
Let us count the ways 🌱🧪💚
Nov 13, 2023
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Liz Haswell
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What is the "end" of biological research?
One of the questions that brought an end to my time as a professor
Oct 30, 2023
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Liz Haswell
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Scientific Storytelling
It's like a memoir, not fiction
Aug 14, 2023
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Liz Haswell
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Are we outsourcing our identities to the academic journal industrial complex?
The perils of "It's not science if it's not published"
Jul 31, 2023
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Liz Haswell
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Do publications have to be the currency of science?
Starting a new series on the internal economics of scientific publishing
Jul 10, 2023
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Liz Haswell
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