I have a special relationship with the bacterium Xanthomonas. …

I didn’t start the year with the energy and drive I had hoped for. I found it hard getting out of bed in the early morning darkness. Sunrises at eight in the morning are nothing new for me — I’ve lived in the UK for more than 15 years —…

The first month of the year is when people often make resolutions to improve their life. But for academics, January is Dedlanuary: the month of deadlines. January is the month where we take pledges, the famous new year resolutions. This tradition recently expanded to an industrial scale in the UK…

According to Proffunguy, a regular contributor to Urban Dictionary, a joeke is a joke told by Joe—a legendary character known for delivering ambiguous jokes with (hopefully) humorous puns. Here is a joeke straight from the Dictionary: “Do you know where the fish keep their money? In the riverbank, of course.”

The limiting factor in writing a story should be the idea, not the specific writing skills. Here is a step-by-step guide to how I used ChatGPT to co-write the story “Crispin is amazing”. Step 1 — I asked ChatGPT to draft the story from a rough outline I started with…

When life gives you inedible guacamole, make a fun memory out of it. It was a beautiful evening in Mexico City. We were seated at a terrace restaurant overlooking the Zócalo, the central square of the city — one of the largest city squares in the world. Just across, you…

Is the collective opinion of a group of people more valuable than that of a single expert? I don’t know. What do you think? Cite as: Kamoun, S. (2022). Wisdom of the crowd — What’s the most important food crop. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7473887 This is the last post of 2022. Let’s…

The article “Authorship — Let’s talk about it!” sparked a lot of debate. Let’s go through the following issues once more: the significance of the closer, or the person who is given the opportunity to complete the work; who should be a corresponding author; and do we require a “legal”…