In PLOS Computational Biology, Marco Pautasso offer tips for nailing a literature review.
Online courses may offer a range of benefits to advanced science education, research.
IOM urges collaborative focus for training next wave of translational researchers.
Mentors pass on many skills — to emulate and to avoid — to their students.
E. O. Wilson discusses good traits for a scientist to have.
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To be included on the author list, investigators should meet certain criteria.
When negotiating, a new research paper suggests it helps to have a specific number in mind.
A science policy writer argues that STEM programs negatively affect the employment market.
Blogger Prof-like Substance writes that scientists have to be able to sell their research ideas.
A new professor takes stock.
James Watson offers advice for postdocs.
The Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health says that progress reporting for SNAP awards changes this month.
Scientific American looks at the number of women earning advanced degrees in STEM fields.
Duffymeg at Dynamic Ecology discusses how to prioritize manuscript to-do lists.
Amy Freitag at Southern Fried Science offers practical advice for choosing a grad school.
A study suggests that differences in verbal abilities among people who are good at math influences career choice.
Bitesize Bio's Ellen Moran offers a strategy for making it through post-doc interviews.
Being a data scientist is supposed to be the next cool job, and Nature Jobs offers some tips on breaking into the field.
The National Institutes of Health's Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training program aims to prepare students for a plethora of career paths.
Bitesize Bio's Laura Fulford offers tips for a good thesis defense.
A career development expert advocates asking yourself a few questions before signing on the dotted line.
Bitesize Bio examines the dearth of women in top academia positions.
More women are earning science and engineering degrees, but still do not make up the same percentage of the workforce.
University of California, San Diego, may add a number of new PhD students, especially in science and engineering.
Researchers representing scientists and students of Chinese descent voice their concerns about recent US policies and rhetoric.
Wired reports that researchers have shown they could reprogram a DNA-based computer.
Researchers say increased diversity in genomic studies will benefit all, PBS NewsHour reports.
In Science this week: whole-genome sequencing of single sperm cells, and more.
