Author: Jennifer Poo
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The Great Mastodon Migration
With the impending downfall of Twitter (if you need it explained, I am jealous), people who have spent the last 16 years using the website as a source for entertainment and community have been scrambling to find a replacement. The one that has caught the eye of science and academic Twitter users is Mastodon—but is…
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Is Science Communication the Solution to STEM’s Inaccessibility?
Science communication is the buzzword of the decade. In this age of hyper-communication and information sharing, there have been increasing efforts by the scientific community to disseminate what we learn to the larger public. Article upon article has been written about how important the role of “science communicator” is—how essential it is for the betterment…
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What We Need to Learn From the Plastic Shortage
At the moment, everything made of plastic is on back order. Pipette tips, in particular, have served as an alarming indicator to the issues happening along the supply chain. No one event appears to be the cause; instead, a combination of the explosion in COVID-19 testing last year and a string of natural disasters produced…