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In her book Blue Machine – How the Ocean Shapes Our World, physicist Helen Czerski takes readers on an enlightening journey through t ...<a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/2024/12/13/book-review-blue-machine/" class="read-more more-link" title="Book Review: Blue Machine by Helen Czerski">[Read More]</a></p> </div> </article> <article class="post-loop post-1832 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-jinxed-scientist tag-conferences tag-jinxed-scientist tag-phd tag-phd-life"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="loop-title"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/2024/11/29/the-jinxed-scientist-cough-symphony/" title="The Jinxed Scientist: The Conference Cough Symphony" target="">The Jinxed Scientist: The Conference Cough Symphony</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-author"><a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/author/the-jinxed-scientist/" title="Posts by The Jinxed Scientist" class="author url fn" rel="author">The Jinxed Scientist</a></span> <span class="meta-date">November 29, 2024</span> </div>  </header>  <div class="post-thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter"> <a href="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/2024/11/29/the-jinxed-scientist-cough-symphony/"> <img src="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/files/2024/08/blog-700x400.png" data-rel="https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/os/files/2024/08/blog-1400x800.png" width="700" height="400" alt="The Jinxed Scientist: The Conference Cough Symphony" class="wp-post-image" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Bad things happen… but they make for the best stories. This blog is for all the jinxed souls out there who seem to attract bad luck in academia. As conferences are the perfect stage, almost predestined to showcase our most embarrassing moments, we will start right there. This blog post is for everyone who shivers at the thought of presenting on the conference stage. 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