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Lori Palen
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Research communicator, social scientist, crafter, gardener, reader, board game enthusiast, wife, mom to humans and cats and dog, fan of social justice and the Oxford comma
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Kudos to the art director at the WSJ who chose a center-line distribution to make it look like a sperm instead of a more traditional baseline distribution, which would have looked like a normal chart.

Should have used orange for the dots though.

I give it a 9-out-of-10
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Although I will say that fledgling American Robins are pretty damn adorable…like grumpy little old men! 😊
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Me neither!
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is the first I've seen it (and it didn't show up when I was doing similar work last week)!
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And yay, W&M!! 💚💛
June 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yes! But one important thing to keep in mind is that, for scientists outside academia (and some within it), defunding = unemployment. It isn’t fair to expect scientists to forge ahead for the greater good when they can’t feed their families.
May 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I hope this comes to the US soon!
May 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For presentations, Garr Reynolds uses the analogy of a bento box. If you eat one, you’re left (pleasantly) about 80% full…rather than eating so much that you need to unbutton your pants! 😁
May 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM