Questions you should not ask a PhD student:
1. How’s your research going?
2. When are you graduating?
Questions you SHOULD ask a PhD student:
1. I found some money; would you like it?
2. I found some food; would you like some?
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Looks like I won't be doing this again for a short while - I've tested positive for Coronavirus.
Trying not to get too down about a crap start to the year as I don't feel awfully unwell, just a little poorly. But can't deny how frustrated I am - after being ill half the autumn I
Year/Month/Day makes sense because it narrows down from large time unit to small.
Day/Month/Year makes sense because it broadens out from small time unit to large.
The US convention, Month/Day/Year, makes no sense at all, is indefensible, and should be abandoned.
Our faculty balance excellent teaching & research. FWCE Dept Head Matt Gompper taught classes in Disease Ecology & in Current Controversies in Wildlife & Conservation Management this past semester. And he is in the top 2% of researchers worldwide.
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In the Zagros mountains of Iran, perfectly blended into the gypsum and limestone rocks is a snakes entire body
but the tip of its tail which resembles a spider, luring insectivorous birds within a striking range. This is the spider-tailed horned viper 1/
BAT #1114
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops buettikoferi) is an unusual megabat from the forests & savannah of west Africa. They are threatened by habitat loss.
(Photo Nicolas Nesi)