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50 Popular Science Blogs
Courtesy of Nature
Attack of the Career-Killing Blogs
When academics post online, do they risk their jobs? By Robert S. Boynton, Slate Magazine, Nov 16, 2005.
Engineering Science: Building better scientists and engineers
Peter Fiske and Geoff Davis (creator of phds.org) have started a blog / forum on science and engineering careers and education. Come check it out!
Grad School/Academia: Road to Poverty? Too Many Engineers
A discussion on LiveJournal
Blog on Science Ph.D. Job Issues
Discussion 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.
MS or PhD
A blog about applying to graduate school. The focus appears to be on international students applying to schools in the US.
Bloggers Need Not Apply
Chronicle 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."
What's Up, Postdoc?
A collection of blogs on postdoctoral life.
Survival Blog for Scientists
New 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
Scientists' Community at LiveJournal
Science-related commentary
Blogs for Industry... Blogs for the Dead
Jim Hu has an interesting blog in which he discusses the economics of academia
Academic blogs
An extensive list of academic blogs, courtesy of CrookedTimber. (Science-related bloggers are toward the end of the list)
Naturejobs Graduate Journal
Entertaining and enlightening real-life experiences of grad students and PhD students.
Academic web logs
A collection of blogs assembled by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
ScienceBlogs
40 science bloggers selected by SEED Magazine.
Scientist Turned Entrepreneur - JaneChin.com
Cutting Through the Fluff on Careers and Success
blog.tenderbutton.com
mixing business with pleasure and heating to reflux
Applying to Grad School
A community of bloggers discuss admissions to grad schools covering all disciplines.
Graduate School Blogs at Technorati
A collection of blog entries and blogs on graduate school.
YoungFemaleScientist
A blog by a young, female postdoc.
PhDweblogs
"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."
Memoirs of a PhD Student
Sharing experiences of graduate life, as it happens...