Fun graphics

Hasn't it been a long week? Instead of serious science, how about some pretty pictures?

We must all be getting way smarter than even the Flynn effect would predict - check out grade inflation at universities over the last 90 years.

Yes, this is really how science is done.

Bitter academic roundup

So, you think you want to go to graduate school? You might want to consider the following:

This infographic nicely details many of the perils of the PhD and post-PhD process.

Here's what an honest graduate school ad might look like.

On graduate school

"I had imagined graduate school as a shining city on a hill, but it turned out to be more like an extended visit with a bear in a cave."