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Your writing should reflect the same clarity and concision as your research.

Most other scientists will be far more interested in what
they think your results mean than in what you think they mean.

A British scientist is going to prison for 3 months for falsifying data.

"You can't affect the layout of the room or the timing of your session, but you can still do a lot to make sure that your research results stand a chance of attracting the attention they deserve"

If you have a good idea, don't just throw it into a grant application--do the pilot experiment and get that result in hand.

"It's amazing how presenting your paper in a nutshell makes the real worth of your discovery shine."

The couple started looking "around in the world [to see] where we could both have nice positions," and they found what they were looking for in Spain.

"They think of us as scruffy and geeky. In return, we think of them as stupid and greedy."

"Until now, only rare exceptions gave scientists a chance to enter the schoolteacher career path."

For behavioral scientists considering a career in public polling research, it helps to have a fascination with numbers.

A key indicator of your ‘lab cred’ is whether people you’ve never met know who you are when you first meet them.

Remind yourself constantly that the reason you get up in the morning is to write scientific papers.

"This may sound a bit on the light side, but it guarantees that you are working on all, and no more, of the essential ingredients that need to be incorporated in your paper."