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We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good. Research skills are a superpower. But sometimes discovery feels like an unreachable dream.
Joins us for a skill upgrade. Are you in? Because discovery awaits the mind that pursues it.
We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good. Research skills are a superpower. But sometimes discovery feels like an unreachable dream.
Joins us for a skill upgrade. Are you in? Because discovery awaits the mind that pursues it.
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Thomas Hunt Morgan was born OTD in 1866.
If you're ever feeling that your work is uending and unedifying, remember that he once said this: "Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it."
🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM
If you're ever feeling that your work is uending and unedifying, remember that he once said this: "Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it."
🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM
September 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Thomas Hunt Morgan was born OTD in 1866.
If you're ever feeling that your work is uending and unedifying, remember that he once said this: "Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it."
🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM
If you're ever feeling that your work is uending and unedifying, remember that he once said this: "Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it."
🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM
Can childhood and education affect our scientific creativity in adulthood?
The September 2026 research spotlight examines that this month. Read about Dean Simonton’s paper on treating scientific creativity combinatorially.
#creativity #science #research
insightfulscientist.com/blog/2026/ca...
The September 2026 research spotlight examines that this month. Read about Dean Simonton’s paper on treating scientific creativity combinatorially.
#creativity #science #research
insightfulscientist.com/blog/2026/ca...
Can Childhood and Personality Affect Our Scientific Creativity?
Have you ever wondered why some scientists seem to generate research-worthy ideas on cue while others struggle to come up with just one? It’s as if they both went to the same game arcade, bu…
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September 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Can childhood and education affect our scientific creativity in adulthood?
The September 2026 research spotlight examines that this month. Read about Dean Simonton’s paper on treating scientific creativity combinatorially.
#creativity #science #research
insightfulscientist.com/blog/2026/ca...
The September 2026 research spotlight examines that this month. Read about Dean Simonton’s paper on treating scientific creativity combinatorially.
#creativity #science #research
insightfulscientist.com/blog/2026/ca...
The September 2026 blog post is live. Check it out! This month’s theme is scientific creativity.
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Four Little Shifts to Notice Your Scientific Creativity
Our days can be a stream of never-ending emotional busywork and social obligations. Meetings, emails, and time-sensitive demands from others fill our digital inboxes. Requests for help, guidance, …
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September 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The September 2026 blog post is live. Check it out! This month’s theme is scientific creativity.
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Fascinating reading. We hope to see more needed studies like these.
#scisci #metasci #academicsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#scisci #metasci #academicsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New tools drive scientific discovery: evidence from all nobel-prize and major non-nobel breakthroughs - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - New tools drive scientific discovery: evidence from all nobel-prize and major non-nobel breakthroughs
www.nature.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Fascinating reading. We hope to see more needed studies like these.
#scisci #metasci #academicsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#scisci #metasci #academicsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our Founder and CEO, physicist Dr. Bernadette K. Cogswell is now on Bluesky! You can follow her @bernadettecogswell.bsky.social
September 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Our Founder and CEO, physicist Dr. Bernadette K. Cogswell is now on Bluesky! You can follow her @bernadettecogswell.bsky.social
Hi!
We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good. Research skills are a superpower. But sometimes discovery feels like an unreachable dream.
Joins us for a skill upgrade. Are you in? Because discovery awaits the mind that pursues it.
We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good. Research skills are a superpower. But sometimes discovery feels like an unreachable dream.
Joins us for a skill upgrade. Are you in? Because discovery awaits the mind that pursues it.
September 9, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Hi!
We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good. Research skills are a superpower. But sometimes discovery feels like an unreachable dream.
Joins us for a skill upgrade. Are you in? Because discovery awaits the mind that pursues it.
We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good. Research skills are a superpower. But sometimes discovery feels like an unreachable dream.
Joins us for a skill upgrade. Are you in? Because discovery awaits the mind that pursues it.
Mark your calendars: the next self-paced, online course drops by October 31, 2026! Find out about the dirty little secret behind discovery. You bring the at-home-comfy-pants, we’ll bring the knowledge drop. Hot beverage optional. Follow us on social and subscribe to the newsletter for updates.
September 9, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Mark your calendars: the next self-paced, online course drops by October 31, 2026! Find out about the dirty little secret behind discovery. You bring the at-home-comfy-pants, we’ll bring the knowledge drop. Hot beverage optional. Follow us on social and subscribe to the newsletter for updates.
The Mindset Shift Behind Eureka – Your Mind is a Mill
- Eureka moments feel like truth, but feelings aren’t facts.
- Breakthroughs are just raw material.
- Your mind is not a vessel to fill. It’s a mill that transforms raw material.
- Ideas don’t arrive fully formed; they evolve as you process them.
- Eureka moments feel like truth, but feelings aren’t facts.
- Breakthroughs are just raw material.
- Your mind is not a vessel to fill. It’s a mill that transforms raw material.
- Ideas don’t arrive fully formed; they evolve as you process them.
September 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The Mindset Shift Behind Eureka – Your Mind is a Mill
- Eureka moments feel like truth, but feelings aren’t facts.
- Breakthroughs are just raw material.
- Your mind is not a vessel to fill. It’s a mill that transforms raw material.
- Ideas don’t arrive fully formed; they evolve as you process them.
- Eureka moments feel like truth, but feelings aren’t facts.
- Breakthroughs are just raw material.
- Your mind is not a vessel to fill. It’s a mill that transforms raw material.
- Ideas don’t arrive fully formed; they evolve as you process them.
Hi! We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good.
September 9, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Hi! We’re The Insightful Scientist and we’re dedicated to using scientific discovery as a force for good.