Research as a Conversation
As researchers, we are part of a larger scientific community charged with the onus of bringing knowledge into the world. Especially as students, whereby learning to perform research takes precedence, it is easy to forget that research is about more than the first-author publications, lines on a CV, or time spent in the field. These items are important not for the clout it gives us when applying for our first jobs, but for what they signify, a contribution to the scientific di