Highest Rated Resources in "Blogs"
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50 Popular Science Blogs
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in BlogsCourtesy of Nature
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Attack of the Career-Killing Blogs
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in BlogsWhen academics post online, do they risk their jobs? By Robert S. Boynton, Slate Magazine, Nov 16, 2005.
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Engineering Science: Building better scientists and engineers
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in BlogsPeter Fiske and Geoff Davis (creator of phds.org) have started a blog / forum on science and engineering careers and education. Come check it out!
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Grad School/Academia: Road to Poverty? Too Many Engineers
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in BlogsA discussion on LiveJournal
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Blog on Science Ph.D. Job Issues
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in BlogsDiscussion on the state of the job market and career choices for PhDs. What you ought to know if you are planning to go to graduate school, or if you are pursuing a scientific career.
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MS or PhD
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in BlogsA blog about applying to graduate school. The focus appears to be on international students applying to schools in the US.
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Bloggers Need Not Apply
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in BlogsChronicle Careers. "What is it with job seekers who also write blogs? Our recent faculty search at Quaint Old College resulted in a number of bloggers among our semifinalists. Those candidates looked good enough on paper to merit a phone interview, after which they were still being seriously considered for an on-campus interview. That's when the committee took a look at their online activity."
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What's Up, Postdoc?
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in BlogsA collection of blogs on postdoctoral life.
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Survival Blog for Scientists
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in BlogsNew blog of professional natural scientists (senior and junior) discussing all aspects of becoming a world-class scientist (so no science content). The initiator (Ad Lagendijk) has written a book "Survival Guide for Scientists" that will be published by Amsterdam University Press and Chicago University Press on May 13, 2008. The survival guides can be obtained freely as e-books from www.stringcat.com
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Scientists' Community at LiveJournal
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in BlogsScience-related commentary
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Blogs for Industry... Blogs for the Dead
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in BlogsJim Hu has an interesting blog in which he discusses the economics of academia
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Academic blogs
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in BlogsAn extensive list of academic blogs, courtesy of CrookedTimber. (Science-related bloggers are toward the end of the list)
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Naturejobs Graduate Journal
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in BlogsEntertaining and enlightening real-life experiences of grad students and PhD students.
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Academic web logs
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in BlogsA collection of blogs assembled by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Scientist Turned Entrepreneur - JaneChin.com
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in BlogsCutting Through the Fluff on Careers and Success
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ScienceBlogs
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in Blogs40 science bloggers selected by SEED Magazine.
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blog.tenderbutton.com
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in Blogsmixing business with pleasure and heating to reflux
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Applying to Grad School
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in BlogsA community of bloggers discuss admissions to grad schools covering all disciplines.
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Graduate School Blogs at Technorati
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in BlogsA collection of blog entries and blogs on graduate school.
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YoungFemaleScientist
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in BlogsA blog by a young, female postdoc.
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PhDweblogs
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in Blogs"PhDweblogs.net is a non-profit initiative to bring together PhD students' weblogs from all around the world. If you are preparing a PhD, and have a blog about your research interests, you can register it here. We also accept other research-related weblogs, even if they are not directly connected to a PhD."
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Memoirs of a PhD Student
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in BlogsSharing experiences of graduate life, as it happens...
