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The hidden calculus of the doctorate
Clarity of purpose is not a luxury in academic life; it is a necessity. Without a lucid and deeply internalised vision of why one undertakes this journey—whether at the doctoral or postdoctoral stage—the inevitable difficulties multiply, momentum ...
Post · July 22, 2026
The quiet normalisation of suffering
In the contemporary academic landscape, a particular form of suffering has become so quietly normalised that it no longer provokes surprise. It is the suffering born of a hierarchical structure in which one person—a supervisor, a principal investi...
Post · July 22, 2026
Education as liberation: On thinking, dissent, and the failure of obedience
What is education for? This question haunts every educator, every policymaker, and every parent. The answer we give determines not only the structure of our schools and universities, but the very shape of our society. There exists, at present, a d...
Post · July 22, 2026
The leverage question: on strategic focus in doctoral work
One of the best pieces of advice for a new doctoral scholar is also one of the least intuitive: do not confuse busyness with effectiveness. Over the years, I have observed a pattern that repeats itself across disciplines and institutions. Most PhD...
Post · July 22, 2026
Beyond the production line: On the true purpose of engineering education
Within a faculty of engineering at a public university in Mexico, a tension grows increasingly difficult to ignore. On one side stands the legitimate need to train engineers capable of responding to the demands of the labour market, industry, and ...
Post · July 22, 2026
Raising resilient learners in an age of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has already entered the classroom, though not always explicitly. Many students use these tools to complete assignments more quickly, to generate ideas, to manage their schedules, or simply to find answers. A recent study fr...
Post · July 22, 2026
Consenso europeu sobre hipercolesterolemia familiar em crianças: investigadora portuguesa do GIC contribui para guidelines que podem salvar vidas
Mafalda Bourbon, investigadora principal do Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) e coordenadora do Grupo de Investigação Cardiovascular, destaca-se como segunda autora do consenso da Sociedade Europeia de Aterosclerose (EAS) so...
Post · July 22, 2026
GIC marca presença científica em importantes congressos internacionais da área cardiovascular
O Grupo de Investigação Cardiovascular (GIC) do Departamento de Promoção da Saúde e Prevenção de Doenças Não Transmissíveis (DPS) do Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) participou no 9th EAS Paediatric Familial Hypercholestero...
Post · July 22, 2026
Presenting Project MOON at NASA Ames — and Meeting Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover
On 22 July 2026 I presented Project MOON at the 2026 NASA Exploration Science Forum (NESF) at NASA Ames Research Center, and the same week to the Canadian Space Agency. Project MOON tracked NASA's Artemis II mission from the launch pad to splashdo...
Post · July 22, 2026
Just published in GigaByte - Tracking kdr alleles associated with pyrethroid resistance in Aedes albopictus across Italy: a nationwide genotypic dataset by MosqIRIT network
We are pleased to contribute to this important dataset mapping pyrethroid insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus in Italy, just published in GigaByte as Tracking kdr alleles associated with pyrethroid resistance in Aedes albopictus across Ital...
Post · July 20, 2026
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