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The Pocket Card Monthly QR Exclusive - October 2025
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October Discount: Free Einstein Political Quote Sticker
Politics have gotten scientific lately, and we firmly believe that scientists should be involved in politics. Albert Einstein agrees with us, too! We restocked this sticker and want to get them out there onto your laptops and thermoses ASAP!
For October, get this Einstein quote sticker FREE with any $15 order from our website. Use code STICKERME at checkout with it in your cart, and you’ll get the $4.50 discount automatically. And get out to vote in your local November elections!
October Resource: Get the lab newbies up to speed on safety, fast
This is the most dangerous time of year in the lab! You’ve got new students, new interns, new hires all starting new experiments with new chemicals and equipment. Thankfully, there are plenty of resources to make this transition safely. The Lab Safety Institute has been collecting and compiling best practices and data around lab accidents since 1978.
For starters, they have over a dozen free printable safety posters covering eye protection types, gloves, fume hood best practices, and more.
They also offer online live courses several times per month. I’m including the upcoming list below. They aren’t free, but neither is a hospital visit or worker’s comp claim. The courses have some scholarship opportunities and can count toward CEU’s for teachers. If you feel at all uncertain about the safety in your lab or work, these resources are here for you!
Just for fun: Science Cartoon
For science funding, anything is on the table right now.
Science cartoons by Tom Gauld.
Maternity lab coat coming soon!!
Our next batch of lab coats is arriving the first week of November, and included is a very special new launch. We’re releasing a maternity lab coat, which otherwise does not exist. This came up in our original survey and I was astonished when I couldn’t find any available online. The hard part is, we need to sell at least 300 of these per year to break even on storage costs. So, we will need your help to spread the word so expecting parents know it’s an option.
If you know anyone expecting soon, please share this page with them!
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September 2025 - STEM Word Magnets for your Office Fridge or Fume Hood
August 2025 - 10% off All Mugs
July 2025 - Periodic Table of Tools Poster
June 2025 - New Stunning Posters by Theo Gray
May 2025 - Easy Graduation Gifting
April 2025 - Buy 2 get 3 free science stickers (Extended)
March 2025 - Buy 2 get 3 free science stickers
February 2025 - 20% Off Pocket Protectors
January 2025 - A guide to our January Deal
December 2024 - A free BioRender alternative from NIH
November 2024 - Beat the Lab Coat Price Increase!
October 2024 - Free Einstein Political Quote Sticker
September 2024 - Grab a pocket card for your classmate or colleague
August 2024 - Get the High School Edition for a young scientist!
July 2024 - Buy 3 Word Magnet sets, get 1 free!
June 2024 - Don't Miss Upcoming PhD Fellowship Opportunities
May 2024 - Prompting in Google Docs
April 2024 - Google Drive hacks
March 2024 - Mastering Lab Meetings
February 2024 - Mastering Schlenk Lines
January 2024 - Time-saving Excel shortcuts you didn't know
December 2023 - Virtual coworking with scientists
November 2023 - Data plots for colorblind scientists
October 2023 - Crowdfunding your experiments and The Lab Coat Project finale
September 2023 - How to quickly find info on chemicals and molecules
August 2023 - An intro to quarterly planning for research
July 2023 - Using AI to search research papers
June 2023 - The easy button on literature reviews
May 2023 - Negotiating vacation and Pocket Paleontologist launch
April 2023 - Job interviews and lab coat updates!
March 2023 - Lab coats affect your mental health?
February 2023 - STEM books that won't put you to sleep
January 2023 - AI Chat and SciArt
December 2022 - SciComm video editing tools
October 2022 - Career skills workshops
September 2022 - Conservation in the laboratory
August 2022 - Join a study to help scientists
July 2022 - Lab Coat Materials Ultimate Guide
June 2022 - Neuroscience Podcasts and Lab Coat Update
May 2022 - Science Learning Centers near you
April 2022 - The Pocket Physicist Launch and Best Math Blogs
February 2022 - Fantastic Physics Blogs
January 2022 - Pleasure reading for engineers
December 2021 - Easy lab process diagrams
November 2021 - Free STEM icons for your presentations
October 2021 - WebPlotDigitzer and Lab Coats
September 2021 - Engineering Podcasts
August 2021 - STEM Holiday Calendar
June 2021 - Productivity resources
May 2021 - SciComm on Social Media
April 2021 - Sustainability in the lab
March 2021 - Gifts for Engineers
February 2021- Focus on reading papers
January 2021 - Focus on interviewing
December 2020 - Inspirational reading for graduate students
November 2020 - Graduate application resources
October 2020 - Voting for Science
September 2020 - New Lab Art Photography
August 2020 - The Pocket Chemist Exam Edition launch!
July 2020 - Word Magnet Launch!
June 2020 - Constant giveaways and learning to code
May 2020 - Time to get writing?
April 2020 - Quarantine life and a new retro sticker!
March 2020 - Focus on Best Chemistry Blogs
February 2020 - Focus on Digital tools for chemistry
January 2020 - Focus on Outreach
December 2019 - Focus on Social Media Accounts for Scientists
November 2019 - Focus on Helpful Reading for Grad Students
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