Symptomatic treatment of a broken system

The “publish or perish” culture pushes researchers to publish papers (regardless of the state of their research) for career survival. Academic jobs are tied to people’s publication records; and although change is

Academic nomadism and impostor syndrome

Two years ago at a conference, I was talking to a professor whom I deeply respect, telling him that I honestly do not know where my home is. I left the country I

The Ghost / Ghosted Authorship Dilemma

For my very first blog post on this platform, I got inspired by the name of the blog support system itself—Ghost. It made me reflect on a phenomenon that many early-career researchers

The cult of novelty

I know you are conditioned to think that what you are researching has to be novel.  But let’s think about it for a second.  Is the importance of novelty and the constant

You are a scientist: a play in three acts

Act I: Enchantment It usually starts early on.  You are looking at something. A couple of bugs on the ground. A star in the sky. The veins on a leaf. The stream of