“Do fast-drying-towels actually dry faster? Can you build us a measurement setup to test this?” I was delighted when the crew of TV show "Kassa" asked me that question: partially because I think it can clearly showcase how science works and partially because I was really looking forward to [...]
"Drogen sneldrogende handdoeken daadwerkelijk sneller? Kun je een meetopstelling bouwen om dit te testen?" Ik reageerde enthousiast toen de redactie van Kassa me die vraag stelde: deels omdat ik denk dat het duidelijk kan laten zien hoe wetenschap werkt en deels omdat ik er echt naar uitkeek om [...]
I was recently asked to peer-review a scientific paper that introduced a novel platform for scientist to use in their work. A very important work but I found the review tricky: it does not fit in the standard intro - methods - results - discussion - conclusion mold that we force academic papers [...]