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"So you navigate your life with the help of others who held mirrors up for you. People praised your good qualities and criticised your bad habits, and these perspectives -often surprising to you - helped you to guide your life.

So poorly did you know yourself that you were always surprised at how you looked at the photographs or how you sounded on the voice mail.

In this way, much of your existence took place in the eyes, ears and fingertips of others." - David Eagleman, Sum

“The time available for her to submit grants and write papers decreased sharply in the year and a half after she first became a mother. And her lower productivity continued after she had two more sons, but there often wasn’t a way to explain that on her grant applications.”

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00252-5

I also have a hard time explaining in my grant applications my PhD period. Even though it took 6 years to finish my PhD, I actually was much faster than average. I was on full maternity leaves not working at all for 2 years (!!) and the rest I worked part time. I managed to get my PhD in total of 3 years and 2 months of full time work equivalent.

I am glad people start noticing this and Nature writes about this issue. Let’s not punish researchers for having kids!

(via miss-biophys)

by dashaplesen

NASA’s Webb Captures Dying Star’s Final ‘Performance’ in Fine Detail

What’s your favourite STEM related book??

stars

Basket star (Euryalidae)

Photo by Loh Kok Sheng

Blanket octopus (Joseph Elayani)

Abandoned library, roadside somewhere in Oregon.