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• Academia: Survival of the Bitterest?

  6 min read   ·   July 11, 2015

  2015   ·   #AcaDowntime   dance   metaphor   papers   publishing   work-life balance   AcademiaObscura   ·   Adjuncts (guest posts)   Surprisingly Helpful

• Academics with BEER!

  2 min read   ·   July 10, 2015

  2015   ·   #AcademicsWithBeer   #AcaDowntime   beer   hashtags   twitter   AcademiaObscura   ·   Academia Obscura

• Academic Nursery Rhymes

  1 min read   ·   July 08, 2015

  2015   ·   hashtags   nursery rhymes   twitter   AcademiaObscura   ·   Academia Obscura

• Is This the Worst Academic Journal Ever?

  4 min read   ·   June 29, 2015

  2015   ·   #HeadDesk   fake journals   journals   open access   scams   AcademiaObscura   ·   Academic Humour   Journals   Publish/Perish

• Medieval Marginalia, Reimagined by Modern Academics

  1 min read   ·   June 23, 2015

  2015   ·   listicles   marginalia   AcademiaObscura   ·   Academia Obscura

• Ocean Energy: key legal issues and challenges

  2 min read   ·   June 03, 2015

  2015   ·   Marine Energy   Uncategorized

• Fun and Laughter in the Lab

  5 min read   ·   May 01, 2015

  2015   ·   AcademiaObscura   ·   Academic Humour   Adjuncts (guest posts)   Misc.

• Why does it always rain on me? Academics forecast their day

  5 min read   ·   April 27, 2015

  2015   ·   funny   hashtags   twitter   weather   AcademiaObscura   ·   Academia Obscura

• Academic Easter Eggs

  4 min read   ·   April 04, 2015

  2015   ·   AcademiaObscura   asshole   cats   Chinese   crack rocks   dirty old man   dogs   easter   easter eggs   Gadaffi   hamsters   Italian   papers   rickrolling   sonic   unacknowledgements   ·   Academia Obscura

• Cars on Campus Rooftops and R2D2 Observatories: 6 awesome college pranks

  4 min read   ·   April 01, 2015

  2015   ·   animals   Caltech   cars   college   flamingos   football   Goose Girl   Harvard   MIT   pranks   sports   Wisconsin   Yale   AcademiaObscura   ·   Academic Humour   Guardian Blog