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  • witty_username@feddit.nltoScience Memes@mander.xyz2real5me
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    3 days ago

    My advice for anyone in a similar situation is to go for a job in a different field.
    Tell them that you reached the goals you had set for yourself in your previous field (PhD, published peer reviewed works etc). Tell them that you feel it is time for you to explore other fields and that you have an affinity with the one you’re applying in. Then tell them the most important thing you learned during your previous endeavors: you have the capacity to learn and adapt









  • witty_username@feddit.nltoScience Memes@mander.xyzHorseshoe crabs be like
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    11 days ago

    Molecular biologist.
    It’s mostly a matter of what we don’t know. Paleontological evidence certainly shows that horseshoe crabs didn’t change much in their appearance. However, we just don’t know to what extent other aspects of their biology are as conserved. Therefore, it is just unscientific to say that horseshoe crabs are ‘living fossils’ or that they didn’t evolve for millions of years. They may have, they may not have