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There are so, so many reasons—and they make a lot of sense.

Your interpretation of results depends on more than just the results.

In my youth, I designed a cell biology course I thought grad students would love. They hated it.

Forget and - submit your papers to the journals read by your grant reviewers.

If you build a hammer, make sure you have something to nail.

...But it's not a conspiracy designed to maintain the status quo.

The dawn of a unified theory of biology may finally be upon us.

A paper I read more than 25 years ago taught me a lesson I'll never forget.

Why R01-funded biologists should throw their support behind large-scale research projects.

Focusing on details may get you published, but what do we lose in the process?

For certain experiments, I've learned that there's no better place to do biology.

Even so-called "discovery-driven research" needs a hypothesis to make any sense.

Why I believe findings that disprove a hypothesis are largely not worth publishing.

New ideas are cheap; what we really need are scientists who can see them through.

How I survived an extinction event in biological research.

In case you didn't realize it, biology is built on an oral tradition.

What to think about night vision, tetrachromatic vision, and other visual enhancements?

Why every man, woman, and child should carry masks at all times.

How did a deadly disease creep into a popular Brazilian beverage?

Scientists instinctively love nanotechnology, which is why they shouldn't be in charge of it.