This episode Steve and Caleb discuss the importance of writing in science. Steve may be on a soapbox because he has to grade so many student lab reports right now, who knows. Why are people so bad a writing these days? Could social media and lack of reading be involved? They try to get across that being uncomfortable and not being great at something is a good thing. That just means they is room for improvement. They also share the biggest secret to being a good writer.

Inevitably, they get on the topic of their research. Steve goes into some detail about his project and talks about the benefits of certain models that are used for studying specific scientific questions. They all have their pros and cons so it is important to know what they are.

Finally, they talk some more about what it is like to be a graduate student. They acknowledge that money is not a huge benefit of being a graduate student. However, they get to do something that they are passionate about and that they enjoy. Also, they discuss how many undergraduates are unaware of what really happens in the lab. When they were undergrads they had no idea and no one was really attempting to get that information out there. So hopefully this episode helps with that problem. Take a listen!

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