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February 23, 2007

Educated Woman, Postdoc Edition--Chapter 2: Palpable Neurosis

You don't know what you're getting into until you're in it; even now, I'm not so sure what I'm in.

August 10, 2007

An Astrophysicist at La Città della Scienza

"Interactive museums have sprouted around Italy and across Europe as the European Commission and individual nations have placed science-and-society issues higher on the agenda."

January 07, 2005

From Poverty to Ph.D.: A Scientist Finds Himself in Physics

Diggs was a 2004 Black Engineer of the Year Award winner in the "Promising Scientist in Government" category. He was also named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science in 2004 by
Science Spectrum magazine.

March 04, 2005

Solving the Mysteries of Matter

Assamagan has dedicated his career to developing detectors and software to explore still-uncharted areas of particle physics.

April 08, 2005

Life on the Edge: Adventures of an Extremophilic Scientist

"I am always looking for that sense of discovery, that constant feeling of exploration and the opportunity to be outside in environments that are new and challenging," says Darlene Lim, a biogeologist postdoc at NASA's Ames Research Center.

February 18, 2005

Bridging the Worlds of Science and Public Policy

"Even if you are not doing science when you are an advisor, you definitely bring your training as a scientist to the table – and this can be of great benefit," says Nancy Kingsbury, Science Advisor at Natural Resources Canada.

March 11, 2005

A Scientist as a Knowledge Agent

Lewis, who trained as a geoscientist to doctoral level, describes her work at Dstl as 'research, but a different kind of research.'

March 11, 2005

Straight Out of Science Fiction

If successful, Jackson’s current mission of developing a more secure method of transferring information using a single photon would revolutionize information technology.

March 18, 2005

Dirty Bombs and Other Career Stories of a Defense Scientist

"We can basically go into a terrorist's apartment and confirm that he had in his possession nuclear material."

March 18, 2005

Margaret Hiza Redsteer: Passing on Goodwill

In her work with Native communities, Hiza Redsteer engages with Native youth, modeling a powerful way they can contribute to their communities: by becoming scientists.

December 07, 2012

Getting Back Your Mojo

Psychologists share tips for figuring out what's sapping your enthusiasm—and how to get it back.

January 18, 2013

Is NSF's 'Product' Category a Finished Product?

The agency has updated its grant proposal guide, but its new use of "products" in the biosketch, in place of publications, is ambiguous.

November 02, 2012

A Modest Workforce Proposal

Forgoing alarmist pronouncements, a National Academies committee makes sensible suggestions about how to address the workforce needs of the Department of Defense.

December 21, 2012

Breakthrough of the Year: Seekers of the Higgs Boson

Science Careers talks to three young investigators who contributed to this year's monumental discovery.

February 11, 2013

House Committee Debates High-Skill Immigration

The House Judiciary Committee invited experts to discuss the effects of high-skill immigration on the U.S. workforce, but there was little talk about what employers actually need.

December 28, 2012

Science Careers 2012: The Year's Best Stories

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

March 01, 2013

Live From D.C., It's High-Skill Immigration Reform!

Recent political pronouncements would be laughable if they weren't potentially so harmful.