Wednesday, February 5, 2025

About This Blog

 

I’m starting this blog to give myself an outlet for my rabbit-holing. I like learning new things, and I hope to eventually find work as a researcher, science or academic communicator, or editor of journal articles or (any kind of) books.

My goal is to write two posts a week exploring the recent scholarly literature. One post will be on something from the natural sciences, with a center of gravity around ecology, organismal biology, evolution, adaptation, and animal cognition. The second will be on something from human-focused inquiry, with a center of gravity around neuroscience, psychology, neurodiversity, spirituality, and language. These are my two big special interests, and they’re areas I feel excited about exploring with a potential audience.

Each post will be 500 words, split into two sections. The first section will be a 250-word summary of the article: What They Did. I’ll use the citation of the article as the title of the post, so you can access the article yourself if you want more detail. The second section will be Further Exploration: 250 words following whatever curiosity the paper inspires. My purpose here isn’t necessarily to find the most important or obvious question the paper could bring up, though it’s fine if that happens. The main thing I want is space for my creative brain to make and share connections. That “creative concept connection” is another skill I really want to use. I’m hoping this blog allows me to demonstrate it.

If you like the way my mind works, I’d be happy to connect socially or professionally!


a brown rabbit sitting next to a hole
Image credit: Peter Rabbit by Ian Greig
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Papini, Giulia, and Arnold Rakaj. "Microplastic retention in European flat oyster Ostrea edulis cultured in two Mediterranean basins." npj Emerging Contaminants 1, no. 1 (2025): 7.

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