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The Hidden Stories of Science Coreen Forbes is a PhD student at UBC studying how climate change will affect eelgrass ecosystems off the coast of British Columbia. Her story today was recorded in 2015 while she was doing her MSc and, in her words, spending too much time in front of a computer wishing she … The post Mother of Worms- Coreen Forbes appeared first on Anecdotal Evidence.

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The Hidden Stories of Science
Coreen Forbes is a PhD student at UBC studying how climate change will affect eelgrass ecosystems off the coast of British Columbia. Her story today was recorded in 2015 while she was doing her MSc and, in her words, spending too much time in front of a computer wishing she was out in the field.
In her story, Coreen shares with us her favourite section of a research article: the methods. As she describes, the methods is where you find where the true science is being done, and possibly more importantly, where many of the hidden stories can be found. These hidden stories tell the tales of hardship, humility, and humanity present in every study, and help to make the world of science a beautiful place.
Coreen mentions the twitter handle Overly Honest Methods, a fantastic science outreach platform. Here you can find some of these hidden stories of science boiled down to their most pure essence in a mere 250 characters or less. We highly recommend checking them out: twitter.com/overlyhonestly.
 




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The Hidden Stories of Science Coreen Forbes is a PhD student at UBC studying how climate change will affect eelgrass ecosystems off the coast of British Columbia. Her story today was recorded in 2015 while she was doing her MSc and, in her words,
Duration
27:51
Publishing date
2017-09-01 21:05
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http://anecdotalevidence.ca/podcasts/mother-worms-coreen-forbes/
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The Hidden Stories of Science

Coreen Forbes is a PhD student at UBC studying how climate change will affect eelgrass ecosystems off the coast of British Columbia. Her story today was recorded in 2015 while she was doing her MSc and, in her words, spending too much time in front of a computer wishing she was out in the field.

In her story, Coreen shares with us her favourite section of a research article: the methods. As she describes, the methods is where you find where the true science is being done, and possibly more importantly, where many of the hidden stories can be found. These hidden stories tell the tales of hardship, humility, and humanity present in every study, and help to make the world of science a beautiful place.

Coreen mentions the twitter handle Overly Honest Methods, a fantastic science outreach platform. Here you can find some of these hidden stories of science boiled down to their most pure essence in a mere 250 characters or less. We highly recommend checking them out: twitter.com/overlyhonestly.

 

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