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How to Use Research Rabbit to Explore a Research Field
September 21, 2026 · 9 minResearchRabbit gives researchers a different way to explore scientific literature by visualising the connections between papers, citations and authors. 🐇🔎 In this walkthrough, we show you how we use ResearchRabbit to explore a research…
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Can SciSpace Simplify Your Entire Research Workflow? | PhD Toolkit
July 15, 2026 · 21 minSciSpace has become much more than a tool for chatting with PDFs. In this episode of the PhD Toolkit, we put it through a real research workflow to find out whether it actually deserves a place in your research toolkit. We test how well…
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Why You Struggle to Do Deep Work During Your PhD and how to fix your focus
May 25, 2026 · 18 minLearn how to apply the core ideas from Deep Work by Cal Newport to your life as a PhD student, postdoc, or early-career researcher. In this episode, we break down what Deep Work actually is, why shallow work can take over your best energy…
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The Worst AI Mistakes in Published Research
May 7, 2026 · 8 minAI is already being used in academic research, and some of it is going very wrong. In this video, we break down real cases where the misuse of AI led to serious problems in published scientific papers. This includes fake references, copy…
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Questions That Destroyed Years of Research (Academia Stories)
April 23, 2026 · 17 minAcademia can go wrong… very quickly. In this episode of Academic Tea, we react to real stories from researchers where a single question at a conference, lab meeting, or thesis defense completely changed — or even destroyed — someone’s…
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Episode 87: How to Actually Focus During Your PhD (Without Burning Out)
April 2, 2026 · 10 minMost PhD students don’t struggle with focus because they’re lazy. They struggle because their attention is constantly being pulled in ten different directions. In this episode, we break down a simple framework to help you actually focus…
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Episode 86: What a Dutch PhD Defense is Actually Like
March 20, 2026 · 10 minDid you know that in the Netherlands, by the time you defend your PhD… you’ve already passed? Unlike in many other countries, the Dutch PhD defense is usually not the final exam that determines whether you get your degree. Your thesis has…
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Episode 85: Academia Stories That Are Almost Too Awkward to Be Real
March 5, 2026 · 26 minAcademia can get weird fast. In this episode of Academic Tea, we react to real Reddit stories about awkward academic interviews, PhD supervisor dilemmas, and thesis mistakes that every researcher will recognize. Would you like your story…