A new paper suggests that positive feedback in funding may be a key mechanism through which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few extremely successful scholars, but also that the origins of emergent distinction in scientists' careers may be of an arbitrary nature.

By limiting how long postdocs can be federally funded and by making it more expensive to keep them designated as trainees, research institutions will have an incentive to employ more permanent staff scientists, providing a much-needed additional career option for young scientist.

Pay disparities at science employers outpace national average for all firms.

Women who have their first child before 25 or after 35 eventually close the salary divide with their husbands. It’s the years in between that are most problematic, research shows.

Finding purpose and meaning in the lab.

An outpouring on Twitter highlights the acute pressures on young scientists.

One major factor is the significant gender inequity that exists in the recruitment, promotion and retention of female faculty and staff scientists.

Early-career researchers living and working in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ecuador, Guyana, and Indonesia have been recognized for their work in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

The South Korean government is expanding an investigation into researchers who named their children as co-authors on papers.

I was routinely humiliated by my head of department. Universities must tackle bullying with proper policy.