Common mistakes in Methodologies. #additional
🤩 Wrong approach for the aim:
— If your research is aimed at investigating qualitative fields, it is unreasonable to make interviews with casual or generalised questions. Unless your controversial methods are not proven anywhere of the research, it would pretty be inexplicable to incorporate the contradictory strategy.
🤩 Weak measurement tools:
— Tools you have been using must be accountable for their reliance and validity. As long as the undisclosed questionnaires capture erroneous type of individuals or include non-neutral questions, they are unable to guarantee reliable outcomes and perform for the fair conclusion.
🤩 Missing fundamental definitions:
— Most studies (of students) consider extremely common terms which are both fundamental and vague. Hence, the problem hinders to understand what is studied exactly. For example, "academic success" is general and vague, because it does not contain any spare of ideas.
Methodology must be dedicated to provide a meticulous description of how your research was organized and, afterwards, managed, while the part can include specific superiorities of the methods you used.
— If your research is aimed at investigating qualitative fields, it is unreasonable to make interviews with casual or generalised questions. Unless your controversial methods are not proven anywhere of the research, it would pretty be inexplicable to incorporate the contradictory strategy.
— Tools you have been using must be accountable for their reliance and validity. As long as the undisclosed questionnaires capture erroneous type of individuals or include non-neutral questions, they are unable to guarantee reliable outcomes and perform for the fair conclusion.
— Most studies (of students) consider extremely common terms which are both fundamental and vague. Hence, the problem hinders to understand what is studied exactly. For example, "academic success" is general and vague, because it does not contain any spare of ideas.
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Each scenario below has at least one serious problem. Read each one carefully and comment what you think is wrong 👇
Scenario 1: A student wants to study whether listening to classical music improves memory. They test 10 of their close friends, all from the same school and the same grade. Their conclusion: "Classical music improves memory in teenagers."
Scenario 2: A researcher surveys students about their daily screen time and their grades. Students who use their phone more than 4 hours a day tend to have lower grades. The conclusion: "Excessive screen time causes lower academic performance."
Scenario 3: A student studies stress levels among students at their school. They send a survey to 200 students but only 8 respond. They analyze those 8 responses and write up their findings as representative of the school.
Scenario 4: A researcher tests whether a new study technique improves grades. They teach the technique to students who voluntarily signed up for the program, then compare their grades to students who didn't join. The volunteers' grades go up.
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The modern world of researchers: Primary Issues. 🌟 #additional
1️⃣ Hollow Projects.
Even though a comprehensive involvement of various explorations might sound pretty progressive, in the reality it underrates actual standards of them, because the more researches are manufactured, the more their difficulty is diminished and limited for students and other individuals. The referenced issue has already occupied most of youth journals, because the selection criteria have negatively reconsidered. In the past, researchers were given a certain amount of time and financial support to conduct a very research, whilst nowadays it has been accepted as a beautiful combination of questionnaires, narrow field to observe, and academic style. The primary reminder is that it is not the problem yet, but it would definitely lead to some potential misguidance in the future.
2️⃣ Academic overwhelming.
As a result of the sharp enlightenment, a misconception of academic content of the provided text became widespread. There is the conventional bottleneck in the rapid progress which has led to researches being academically overwhelmed in last days. The volume of published work makes it hard to find a clear gap and keep a review focused and critical rather than just descriptive. Consequently, investigations have been deprived of contextual clarity and specific information which used to be appropriate for the main target of the whole researchers.
Even though a comprehensive involvement of various explorations might sound pretty progressive, in the reality it underrates actual standards of them, because the more researches are manufactured, the more their difficulty is diminished and limited for students and other individuals. The referenced issue has already occupied most of youth journals, because the selection criteria have negatively reconsidered. In the past, researchers were given a certain amount of time and financial support to conduct a very research, whilst nowadays it has been accepted as a beautiful combination of questionnaires, narrow field to observe, and academic style. The primary reminder is that it is not the problem yet, but it would definitely lead to some potential misguidance in the future.
As a result of the sharp enlightenment, a misconception of academic content of the provided text became widespread. There is the conventional bottleneck in the rapid progress which has led to researches being academically overwhelmed in last days. The volume of published work makes it hard to find a clear gap and keep a review focused and critical rather than just descriptive. Consequently, investigations have been deprived of contextual clarity and specific information which used to be appropriate for the main target of the whole researchers.
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🔬Upcoming Research & Innovation Competitions 2026–2027
1. Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) The US's oldest research competition — individual scientific research, essays, recommendations.
📅 Application: June 1 – Nov 5, 2026
2. Regeneron ISEF
World's largest pre-college science fair — grades 9–12, any country, must qualify through a Society-affiliated regional/national fair first.
📅 Affiliated fairs run Jan–April 2027; ISEF finals May 2027 (Los Angeles)
3. Conrad Challenge Team-based (2–5 students, 13–18) entrepreneurship + STEM competition — aerospace, energy, cyber, health categories. Fully international, virtual-friendly.
📅 2026–27 cycle not yet announced —
4.Diamond Challenge
Global high school entrepreneurship competition (business or social innovation track), teams of 2–4, any country, $100K prize pool.
📅 2027 cycle dates TBA (2026 deadline was Jan 15, 2026 — expect similar timing)
1. Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) The US's oldest research competition — individual scientific research, essays, recommendations.
📅 Application: June 1 – Nov 5, 2026
2. Regeneron ISEF
World's largest pre-college science fair — grades 9–12, any country, must qualify through a Society-affiliated regional/national fair first.
📅 Affiliated fairs run Jan–April 2027; ISEF finals May 2027 (Los Angeles)
3. Conrad Challenge Team-based (2–5 students, 13–18) entrepreneurship + STEM competition — aerospace, energy, cyber, health categories. Fully international, virtual-friendly.
📅 2026–27 cycle not yet announced —
4.Diamond Challenge
Global high school entrepreneurship competition (business or social innovation track), teams of 2–4, any country, $100K prize pool.
📅 2027 cycle dates TBA (2026 deadline was Jan 15, 2026 — expect similar timing)
Sometimes, researches ≠ evidence. But why? ✉️
🎱 Research might not entirely reflect evidential value of even a single statement, but most beginners tend to ask theirselves how they are set to develop their idea and give evidences for their hypotheses. Publication cannot guarantee truth, it probably relies on another causation, and statistical significance is not practical validation. Additionally, bias is able to affect your references, whilst firm testimony is usually accrued from multiple lines of maintenance.
🎱 When scientific work encounters a shortage of sufficient sources, authors, whatsoever, reference a plethora of various investigations even if it sounds pretty contradictory. Thus, filling your referencing list is a part of all the explorations as well. Therefore, it would be controversial to enmesh the statements with the solely one publication as long as there might be 8 studies with a positive effect and 2 with no effect.
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Hypotheses vs. Theories
Hypotheses are testable predictions of researchers, while their primary aims are systematically to delineate a research question the investigation centred at. Noticeably, a hypothesis is predominantly more specific and narrow rather than theories, because it must be evidential within the investigation and research processes, namely questionnaires, statistics, and other categories which might prove the promoted statement.
Theories are prominently broad and general explanations of phenomena, and therefore they have been being developed by primary scientists as long as they have collected an immense list of evidences, testimonies, and arguments to unquestionably represent their own idea. Unlike the hypotheses, the theories are unable to be formulated when they are not sufficiently proven in several dogmas.
Let's enlist all the differences amongst theories and hypotheses. Of course, nothing is better, because they are by no means congruent. However, there are some deep contradictory moments to eact other. On the one hand, the theories are testified as a strctured explanatory frameworks, as well as, on the other hand, the hypotheses are basically statements or projections.
#additional
Hypotheses are testable predictions of researchers, while their primary aims are systematically to delineate a research question the investigation centred at. Noticeably, a hypothesis is predominantly more specific and narrow rather than theories, because it must be evidential within the investigation and research processes, namely questionnaires, statistics, and other categories which might prove the promoted statement.
Theories are prominently broad and general explanations of phenomena, and therefore they have been being developed by primary scientists as long as they have collected an immense list of evidences, testimonies, and arguments to unquestionably represent their own idea. Unlike the hypotheses, the theories are unable to be formulated when they are not sufficiently proven in several dogmas.
Let's enlist all the differences amongst theories and hypotheses. Of course, nothing is better, because they are by no means congruent. However, there are some deep contradictory moments to eact other. On the one hand, the theories are testified as a strctured explanatory frameworks, as well as, on the other hand, the hypotheses are basically statements or projections.
#additional
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We’re excited to share that we successfully wrapped up the Invisible Problems competition in collaboration with Start Mind! 🤩
All participants have received their certificates and prizes, and the team projects will be published on our website very soon — stay tuned.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part, researched hidden barriers, and built real products to address them. Your energy and creativity are exactly what this is all about🍭
More competitions are on the way — stay with us!
All participants have received their certificates and prizes, and the team projects will be published on our website very soon — stay tuned.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part, researched hidden barriers, and built real products to address them. Your energy and creativity are exactly what this is all about
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The general rules to avoid procrastination during a research accomplishment. ⭐️
While writing the scientific work, a bare discipline and an entire absense of mental preparation, as a result, make idleness and procrastination inevitable. However, to cease begative behavioural outcomes after being involved in the project, the most profitable option is to dissect your tasks into smalles pieces. Let's analyse research-writing guidance from the University of Waterloo and UNC together, formulating a conclusion afterwards!
🌞 First of all, as it has just been mentioned, professors recommend to subdivide the immense fulfillment into the tiny steps accompanied by daily routine to accomplish them. Consequently, if so, your brain would eliminate a tension and stress resulted due to the amount of work you have had to do once. For instance, set a tiny daily target, such as 250 words or 25 focused minutes, so the project feels manageable. Break the paper into micro-tasks like “write the introduction outline,” “summarize one article,” or “draft one methods paragraph”. Put research limits around yourself once you have enough material, then switch into writing mode instead of collecting sources endlessly.
🌞 Second of all, don't mess with the academic skills and separate most drafting from the real paper and prepare sources that might be beneficial and evidential for any of your statements. It would help diminish time for interruption to find researches and scientific publications which fit your assumptions most.
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While writing the scientific work, a bare discipline and an entire absense of mental preparation, as a result, make idleness and procrastination inevitable. However, to cease begative behavioural outcomes after being involved in the project, the most profitable option is to dissect your tasks into smalles pieces. Let's analyse research-writing guidance from the University of Waterloo and UNC together, formulating a conclusion afterwards!
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🔬10 фильмов которые пробуждают страсть науке и вдохновят начать свою исследовательскую работу:
1. «Вселенная Стивена Хокинга» (2014)🔭
История одного из самых известных ученых современности. Несмотря на тяжелую болезнь, Стивен Хокинг продолжал исследовать тайны Вселенной и совершать открытия, которые изменили представления о космосе. Фильм напоминает, что настоящая страсть к знаниям сильнее любых обстоятельств.
2. «Игры разума» (2001)🧪
Биографическая драма о математическом гении Джоне Нэше. Картина показывает, насколько тесно могут переплетаться талант, внутренние испытания и стремление к научной истине. Это фильм о силе человеческого разума и невероятной настойчивости.
3. «Игра в имитацию» (2014)💡
История Алана Тьюринга — человека, который заложил основы современной информатики и помог приблизить окончание Второй мировой войны. Фильм вдохновляет мыслить нестандартно, не бояться быть другим и верить в силу собственных идей.
4. «Скрытые фигуры» (2016)🛰
Вдохновляющая история трех женщин-математиков, внесших огромный вклад в развитие космической программы NASA. Картина напоминает, что великие открытия становятся возможными благодаря упорству, знаниям и командной работе.
5. «Интерстеллар» (2014)👩🚀
Не просто научная фантастика, а фильм, основанный на реальных физических теориях. Он заставляет задуматься о будущем человечества, природе времени, гравитации и бескрайних возможностях науки. После просмотра хочется больше узнать о космосе.
6. «Марсианин» (2015)🌌
История астронавта, который остается один на Марсе и выживает благодаря знаниям, логике и изобретательности. Фильм отлично показывает, что наука — это инструмент решения самых невероятных задач, а оптимизм и любознательность помогают справляться даже с невозможным.
7. «Опенгеймер» (2023)⚛️
Масштабная история создания атомной бомбы и человека, стоявшего во главе одного из самых значимых научных проектов XX века. Картина поднимает важные вопросы об ответственности ученых, цене открытий и влиянии науки на судьбу человечества.
8. «Андромедный штамм» (1971)☄️
Классический научный триллер, который показывает исследовательскую работу максимально реалистично. Здесь нет случайных чудесных решений — только гипотезы, эксперименты, анализ данных и командная работа ученых.
9. «Космос: Одиссея в пространстве и времени» (2014) 🚀
Легендарный проект, который простым языком рассказывает о происхождении Вселенной, эволюции жизни и величайших научных открытиях. После каждой серии хочется читать, исследовать и задавать еще больше вопросов.
1. «Вселенная Стивена Хокинга» (2014)🔭
История одного из самых известных ученых современности. Несмотря на тяжелую болезнь, Стивен Хокинг продолжал исследовать тайны Вселенной и совершать открытия, которые изменили представления о космосе. Фильм напоминает, что настоящая страсть к знаниям сильнее любых обстоятельств.
2. «Игры разума» (2001)🧪
Биографическая драма о математическом гении Джоне Нэше. Картина показывает, насколько тесно могут переплетаться талант, внутренние испытания и стремление к научной истине. Это фильм о силе человеческого разума и невероятной настойчивости.
3. «Игра в имитацию» (2014)💡
История Алана Тьюринга — человека, который заложил основы современной информатики и помог приблизить окончание Второй мировой войны. Фильм вдохновляет мыслить нестандартно, не бояться быть другим и верить в силу собственных идей.
4. «Скрытые фигуры» (2016)🛰
Вдохновляющая история трех женщин-математиков, внесших огромный вклад в развитие космической программы NASA. Картина напоминает, что великие открытия становятся возможными благодаря упорству, знаниям и командной работе.
5. «Интерстеллар» (2014)👩🚀
Не просто научная фантастика, а фильм, основанный на реальных физических теориях. Он заставляет задуматься о будущем человечества, природе времени, гравитации и бескрайних возможностях науки. После просмотра хочется больше узнать о космосе.
6. «Марсианин» (2015)🌌
История астронавта, который остается один на Марсе и выживает благодаря знаниям, логике и изобретательности. Фильм отлично показывает, что наука — это инструмент решения самых невероятных задач, а оптимизм и любознательность помогают справляться даже с невозможным.
7. «Опенгеймер» (2023)⚛️
Масштабная история создания атомной бомбы и человека, стоявшего во главе одного из самых значимых научных проектов XX века. Картина поднимает важные вопросы об ответственности ученых, цене открытий и влиянии науки на судьбу человечества.
8. «Андромедный штамм» (1971)☄️
Классический научный триллер, который показывает исследовательскую работу максимально реалистично. Здесь нет случайных чудесных решений — только гипотезы, эксперименты, анализ данных и командная работа ученых.
9. «Космос: Одиссея в пространстве и времени» (2014) 🚀
Легендарный проект, который простым языком рассказывает о происхождении Вселенной, эволюции жизни и величайших научных открытиях. После каждой серии хочется читать, исследовать и задавать еще больше вопросов.
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📝Разбор реальных проектов — лучший способ понять, как сделать крутую научную работу. Сегодня смотрим на отличный пример биологического проекта от нашей команды участников.
🌿 Проект: «Природные антибиотики: оцениваем силу фитонцидов»
💡В чем идея? Проверить антибактериальную активность растительных экстрактов против тест-культур микроорганизмов. Тема актуальная на фоне роста устойчивости бактерий к лекарствам.
-🧤Как делали? Провели
-🔍Главная сложность: Сначала трудно было выдержать одинаковую концентрацию активных веществ из-за разницы в сырье. Но проблему решили жесткой стандартизацией массы и времени настаивания.
🧬Результат и успех: Команда собрала четкие статистические данные, оформила понятные графики зон ингибирования и успешно защитила проект на конкурсе.
🌿 Проект: «Природные антибиотики: оцениваем силу фитонцидов»
💡В чем идея? Проверить антибактериальную активность растительных экстрактов против тест-культур микроорганизмов. Тема актуальная на фоне роста устойчивости бактерий к лекарствам.
-🧤Как делали? Провели
эмпирическое исследование в лаборатории: приготовили экстракты, заложили эксперимент методом колодцев в агар и измерили зоны подавления роста бактерий. Для точности каждый опыт повторили трижды (обеспечили репликацию данных). -🔍Главная сложность: Сначала трудно было выдержать одинаковую концентрацию активных веществ из-за разницы в сырье. Но проблему решили жесткой стандартизацией массы и времени настаивания.
🧬Результат и успех: Команда собрала четкие статистические данные, оформила понятные графики зон ингибирования и успешно защитила проект на конкурсе.
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#materials
If you've ever found yourself with forty tabs open, manually typing out citations and then realising the journal you're submitting to uses a different reference style, you already know why tools like Mendeley exist.
It stores everything in one place — articles, books, PDFs, whatever you've collected. You install the Word plugin, and from that point on, adding citations is just a few clicks.
Need to switch from APA to Vancouver or whatever else the journal demands?
That's also a few clicks. No more checking every single entry for commas in the wrong place or missing volume numbers.
You can also highlight PDFs, take notes directly in the app, and sync everything across devices. If you're working on a thesis or a literature review, this alone can save you hours of tedious formatting work.
Is it perfect? No. The desktop app can slow down when your library gets really large, and some people prefer Zotero's cleaner interface. But for a free tool that does the core job well, Mendeley is a solid choice.
reach desktop guide here
Over to you: what do you use to manage your references – or are you still doing it manually?
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Would you like to see series of tutorial posts on how to use overleaf in our channel? 🌷
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Overleaf is a collaborative, cloud-based text editor used to create professional documents with the LaTeX typesetting system. You can use the platform directly through your web browser without installing any software on your computer.
You can start a project or create an account on the Overleaf official website.
Key Features
Live Preview: Shows a real-time rendering of your PDF document side-by-side with your code as you type.
Real-Time Collaboration: Lets multiple users work on the same document simultaneously, similar to Google Docs.
Templates: Provides pre-made formats for academic research papers, theses, resumes (CVs), books, and presentations.
No Setup Required: Eliminates the need to manually configure LaTeX distributions or compilation tools locally.
What is LaTeX?
LaTeX is a markup-based document preparation system. Instead of using buttons to change fonts or margins (like in Microsoft Word), you write plain text combined with formatting tags. It is widely used in science, mathematics, and engineering because it handles complex equations, citations, and bibliographies with high precision
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👀 – nope
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The three coolest referencing list styles for your research 💖 #useful
🍭 APA (American Psychological Association) style is widespread through the psychological community, educational researches, and the social sciences, because it was developed by the psychological organization. In accordance with its arrangement, people make in-text citation (Surname, Year) and design your referencing list in the following order: Surname, N[ame]. (Year). Title of work (bla bla bla). Publisher. Volume (Issues), Pages. When it comes to psychological researches, the APA style is the basest one.
🍭 MLA (Modern Language Association) style is primarily appropriate for literature, language, and the rest humanities subject as well as it provides a short in-text citation with the page and the author included (Smith 45) and unquestionably another style for referencing list. Look at the following order: Author (Marsh, Leonard), Article Title ("Voltaire's Candide."). Journal Title (The Explicator; in italics), vol. Issue Number (vol. 46), no. Number (no. 3), Year of Publication (2390), pp. Page Range (pp. 203-204). Name of Database (Traylor & Francis), DOI or URL.
🍭 Harvard Referencing Style is dedicated for other group of individuals, which is obviously used in Harvard University and other Ivy League Universities. All the sources that you use in the main body of your text must be listed at the end of your ESSAY; this is called a reference list and should be in alphabetical order. You need to learn the following order: Surname, I. (Baron, D. P.), 2008. Title in italics. Publisher Place: Publisher.
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It’s been a long time since we had any webinars, hasn't it? 🤫
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Want to strengthen your university portfolio but don’t know where to begin?
Join us for a practical webinar where you’ll learn how to start your first research project and discover international opportunities available to high school students.
In this session, you’ll learn:
Don’t miss this opportunity to take the first step toward building a competitive academic portfolio!
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