It's a sort of encouragement rather than a requirement. One of those things where the University wants it to happen but doesn't in any way reward it or give credit for doing public engagement at the … (View Post)

Generally academics don't need permission to do outside activities unless paid (surely not the case here, and in fact some academic contracts do permit up to x days paid outside work) or there is a c… (View Post)

Hmm. On a skim-read I found that paper rather dubious. The conclusion about masks only applies to closed populations, so far as I can see, since it hinges on new strains dying out. If there is a rese… (View Post)

Required reading for the contrarians of this world, though they are incapable of accepting it. But I disagree slightly with the conclusion: it's not only the refuseniks who will face the consequences… (View Post)

My first thought was to do that for PB posters, but then I realized that the central segment would be very crowded... --AS (View Post)