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Confessions of a Researcher: How I found happiness, time efficiency, and novelty through BLT

BLT: Blocked Learning Time, a sandwich and a way to be happier, more efficient and find more novelty as a researcher.

Sep 4, 20203 min read

Nací en Colombia en 1992 en medio de una sequía histórica. La mayor parte de la energía eléctrica en el país se genera en represas...

Sep 1, 20205 min read

Worldwide, only <2% of the population have PhD degrees. As PhD students, we endure 5 years of disciplined research and experiments to...

Jul 25, 20203 min read

The working definition of corporate sustainability varies from company to company, but many agree that the term encompasses several...

Jul 25, 20204 min read

I was born in Colombia in 1992 during a historic drought. Most of the energy in Colombia comes from water dams, so the drought caused...

Jun 20, 20204 min read

What’s common between the Sahara desert and the electronic chips that power your phone? Sand, or to speak in scientific terms, Silica....

Jun 2, 20204 min read

Can we see the coronavirus on your hands with bare eyes? The size of this virus is around 100 nanometer. The smallest size our eyes are...

May 27, 20204 min read

Research labs across the country and the globe had to halt their working due to the social distancing protocol prescribed to tackle the...

May 16, 20205 min read

You might be wondering what’s all the fuss with the coronavirus, why are people freaking out and what does it have to do with you. I had...

May 16, 20203 min read

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