I am often asked how I decide when to present an idea through fiction and when to do so with nonfiction. The answer is a complicated one, and I got into it in some detail on #Nature's Working Scientist podcast, in discussion with #PaulShrivastava:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03394-8

When it comes to politics, fiction and nonfiction are intensely complementary.

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Why we need an academic career path that combines science and art

Researchers who are as skilled in the studio as they are in the lab are forced to chooose between disciplines.