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Twitter may not just be a land of over-sharing and self-promotion, but also a place to grow scientific contacts and possibly land a job, Nature reports.

Carol Spencely at the Nature Jobs blog gives CV-writing tips.

The Atlantic examines whether historically black colleges and universities bolster minority representation in the sciences.

A new report examines the situation faced by postdoctoral researchers.

At his blog, Anthony Fejes offers some advice to aspiring bioinformaticians.

An op-ed argues that academic science has left its sexist past behind, but some take issue with the authors' assumptions and conclusions.

Some people tell women in STEM fields to 'lean in,' but some women say that style isn't for them, as NPR reports.

More highly cited papers are appearing in non-elite journals, according to an analysis by Google.

A flood of postdocs is straining the scientific workforce training system, leaving a limited number of job opportunities at the end.

There are more postdocs in training than academic slots for them to fill, NPR reports.

A survey finds that women leave engineering jobs due to the environment in the office.