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1. How doing science/research (exploring the unknown) is different from doing the known

The importance of stupidity in scientific research (Martin Schwartz)
Why science demands a leap into the unknown (Uri Alon)
Four golden lessons (Steven Weinberg)
The illustrated guide to a PhD (Matt Might)
The Dunning-Kruger Effect (Dunning & Kruger)
Chasing bugs (E. O. Wilson)

2. The importance of science communication

Tell me a story (Robert Krulwich)

3. General advice

How to choose a good scientific problem (Uri Alon)
So you want to be a research scientist (Vincent Vanhoucke)
Some modest advice for graduate students (Steven Stearns)
Some acynical advice for graduate students (Ray Huey)
On becoming a better scientist (Ray Huey)

4. Practical advice

Ten simple rules for getting published (Philip Bourne)
Ten simple rules for getting grants (Philip Bourne)
Ten simple rules for acing virtual interviews (Chan et al)
Good presentation skills benefit careers — and science (David Rubensen)

5. Life as a doctoral student

Piled Higher and Deeper (Jorge Cham)

Writing

Writing Science (Joshua Schimel)
Element of Style (Strunk & White)
How small changes to a paper can help to smooth the review process (Michael White)

Graphing

Statistics

Handbook of Biological Statistics (John McDonald)

Scientific Review Process

How to respond to reviewers (Andrew Henry)
Writing a response to reviewer comments (Meghan Duffy)
How to bounce back from a bruising peer-review or paper rejection (Adam Levy)
CRediT author statement

For Fun

RadioLab (Jad Abumrad & Robert Krulwich)
This American Life (Ira Glass)
No Stupid Questions (Angela Duckworth & Stephen Dubner/Mike Maughan)
Freakonomics Radio (Stephen Dubner & Steve Levitt)
People I (Mostly) Admire (Steve Levitt)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast (John Zhu)
Water Margin Podcast (John Zhu)