I was a post-doc in Ham's group in the late 1980s. He was hands-off for his post-docs and hands-on at the bench - setting a wonderful example.

OK, I read the proposal, but now I need to read an explanation of what's wrong with it.

I have the T-shirt!

I think when the beetles first invade they build to high densities and the crows learn to feast on them. In later years the damage done by crows decreases, perhaps because the larvae are now being limited by pathogens and parasites.

I think they hear them crunching on the grass roots. It's easy for them to pull up the clumps of sod because the larvae have destroyed the roots.

I've always said that most scientists spend most of their time trying to figure out why their experiments don't work. If you don't really enjoy troubleshooting, don't go into scientific research.

Vancouver: Several in Stanley Park, a big cluster at UBC, one at Jericho Beach, but none on the south and east sides of the city. Must be recreation-related?

Canada has 5000 cases!

Don't most journals routinely include all of the reviews when they notify the reviewers about their decision?

Thanks.

Why do all the lines fall below the corresponding symbols?

An old-timer's perspective: It's easy to do your research openly when everyone thinks your central hypothesis is wrong. See most of the posts at rrresearch.fieldofscience.com

UBC teaches organic nomenclature to all first-year science students, having first meticulously stripped the material of any possible relevance.

Agreed, but this raises the very important question about why we still force students who have not declared a major in chemistry to learn this arcane language.

The actual evaluation process was effectively complete within a couple of weeks, once all the experts concluded that the results were wrong (impossible hypothesis, deeply flawed data). The evaluation was complete within weeks: impossible hypothesis, deeply flawed data, wrong conclusions.

At the Helm, by Kathy Barker. About running your own lab, but mostly about looking after your people.

Oops, of course, you are a biologist... Maybe the department has a behaviour person?