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What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?
The office experiment: Can science build the perfect workspace?
Windows, desks and employees are being wired up in a quest to create healthy, evidence-based environments.
Why academics are losing relevance in society – and how to stop it
Academics are getting out of touch with the rest of society. This helps explains the sorry state of our public discourse on science.
Science is Changing, Can I Change Too?
Science is a big thing, but changing it relies on simple decisions made by individual researchers.
The Interdependence of Scientists in the Era of Team Science
How is the rise in team science and the emergence of the research group as the fundamental unit of organization of science affecting scientists’ opportunities to collaborate?
The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.
Life as an anxious scientist
In talking with some folks about mental health issues in academia, one thing that comes up is the idea that maybe people are better scientists because of those issues.
Back to the thesis
Late nights, typos, self-doubt and despair. Francis Collins, Sara Seager and Uta Frith dust off their theses, and reflect on what the PhD was like for them.
In praise of solitude in science
Solitude often holds negative connotations. Yet, solitude in science it is not necessarily a bad thing.
Tracking Career Outcomes for Postdoctoral Scholars: A Call to Action
How scientists can reduce their carbon footprint?
Cutting down on long-distance air travel is the best way to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by the scientific community.
The slow professor
The authors of a new book challenge what they call the “frantic pace” of contemporary university life.
Lessons from the startup world
Professor Matthew Wallenstein wants to bring what he has learned as an entrepreneur to his colleagues in academia.
China finally setting guidelines for treating lab animals
China has released its first national standards governing the treatment of laboratory animals, and scientists hope the guidelines will improve both conditions for animals and China’s prospects for international research collaborations.
Mismeasurement and Mismanagement Are Impeding Scientific Research
The near-romantic spirit of adventure and exploration that inspired young scientists of my own and earlier generations has become tarnished.
Group dynamics: A lab of their own
The make-up of a lab is crucial to success in publishing its research — and now, scientists are exploring how to compose the best research group possible.
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