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With good long-term funding prospects and attractive salaries, Germany has become a major contender in the global competition among nations to draw in top talent.

Women may be underrepresented in science because they're better than men at other things.
 

A new crowd-funding platform allows grads to raise money by offering backers a share of their success.
 

Investigations by The Guardian newspaper uncover disparities in the rates at which whites and minorities are admitted to competitive programs at Cambridge and Oxford universities.
 

Once you've thought hard about your skills, interests, and values, it's time to narrow the range of career options you ought to consider.

Well-informed students make better decisions about doctoral training and postdoctoral careers.

As maps have changed, so have mapmakers.

You may be comfortable talking with scientists, but interviews with Human Resources are a different beast.

Pressure on scientists to produce impressive results that will bring in grants or renewals has never been greater.

Science Careers talks to Eric Kaplan, co-executive producer of the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory, about his work on the show.

Lawyers, like scientists, struggle to find jobs.

Plagiarism software uncovers nearly 100 cases of plagiarism in one year's successful NSF grant proposals.

Postdoc Vicky Miller writes that improvisation classes have made her a better scientist.

A report issued this month by the American Association of University Professors concludes that academic researchers should have the authority to decide whether their proposed studies require review by an institutional review board. 

To commemorate International Women's Day, we present a sampling of recent articles featuring accomplished women doing a wide variety of scientific work.

Game-changing career opportunities for postdocs are everywhere. Hear advice from the experts about how to choose your direction.

In Vienna, Eastern and central European scientists gathered to network and learn how to be more competitive for ERC grants.

Australian postdoc Charmaine Tam shares tips on how to make it through this early phase of a research career.

South Korea joins the ranks of emerging science powerhouse nations.

A recent NSF report finds that efforts to improve the representation of women, minorities, and people with disabilities in science and engineering are slow going.