The stereotype goes that scientific information is technical, dry, and boring. After all, everyone has dragged themselves through a too-dense manuscript or fought sleep during a slow presentation at ...

First impressions are important. Scientists need to make their work stand out among a sea of others. However, many mistakenly believe that first impressions are formed based only on titles and ...

This is the second Perspective in a miniseries aiming to provide basic guidelines and share best practice for scientific writing, especially to novice writers of refereed papers in astronomy. In the ...

A good introduction goes a long way toward establishing your expertise and getting the audience excited to meet you. But... one thing is for sure – you don’t want to leave your intro up to the person ...

Drafting an argumentative thesis can be challenging, even for the most skilled historians. A strong thesis statement introduces your readers to the main points of an essay, lends your writing a ...