Military Science Research

Jason
Sherwin

When can we consider “significance” significant?

Statistical significance is one of those things that comes up quite often in medical research. Many people are fond of p-values, i.e. probabilities that the results could have been obtained by chance, being less than 5%. There are many types of tests for validating experimental findings that use thi...


Meghan
Mott

Alternative Careers for Science PhDs – Part IV: Biodefense

Applying your scientific expertise to preserve national security Postdocs in the life sciences: the time to assess career goals is now. It’s easy to get comfortable in daily science, but we must be proactive in our career development! Competition for academic jobs is fierce in a market flooded ...


Jason
Sherwin

Ah, the rocket scientist from the Upper West Side

“Ah, the rocket scientist from the Upper West Side!” That was the greeting I got when I was called in for the voir dire with the attorneys. They knew this from the questionnaire all jurors had to complete on arrival at the courthouse. I had jury duty last week – the infamous jury duty of New Y...