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To invoke a phrase I first heard in connection with sport fishing, "You've got to know the water."

"I figure if I can't choose the types of projects and research I want to tackle now, I never will be able to."

Don't blow your job interview.

The Rand report concludes that, although adequate data and accurate assessments of labor market conditions are important for many different parties, early career and prospective scientists are especially vulnerable.

"Something quite unique about computer science: We don't have a postdoc tradition. That's because we have historically had so many positions available in Ph.D.-granting departments and available for fresh Ph.D.s. Traditionally, when you get your Ph.D. [in computer science], you've got some place to go. There was always more demand than there was supply, and industry was soaking up half."

If history shows anything, it's that taking money away from people who have it and giving it to people who don't is a very difficult thing to do, whether it's scientists or serfs, postdocs or the poor.

NIH branches out, presenting a videocast on interviewing for jobs beyond the ivory tower.

Computer science veteran Ed Lazowska argues that his field is poised to dominate careers in the sciences.

While opportunities in computer science are likely to be strong in the coming years, there's another area with lots of science-related jobs: health care.

Writing an effective research plan is tricky—and important.