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America needs more science writers of color just as it needs more scientists of color--but are they likely to be able to make a living in a declining industry?

A new program launched by the French government allows Ph.D. students to sell their skills to nonacademic sectors and expand their career opportunities.

Work-related stress is an insidious health hazard, especially for workers who, like scientists, take their work very seriously.

Established and early-career physician-scientists say it's time to focus on solutions, not problems, to advance women in academic medicine.

More women than men drop out before completing M.D.-Ph.D. programs. Why?

Spaniard Juan A. Añel has established himself quickly in atmospheric physics while still finding time for other professional activities.

Natural history museums have long been recognized as priceless repositories of knowledge, but in recent years they have reasserted their scientific importance.

As a curator in entomology at the Natural History Museum in London, Erica McAlister is responsible for everything from maintaining collections to fieldwork.

On Charles Darwin's birthday, here’s a collection of resources related to our Science Careers feature.

What does the tale of Douglas Prasher, the protein, and the Nobel Prize reveal about the scientific labor market?

Across the United States, scores of colleges and universities have canceled faculty job searches and imposed hiring freezes.

Science Careers is presenting four career workshops at the AAAS annual meeting this week.

Your choice of research problem may determine the course of your career, so
choose carefully.

Finding a job in 2009 will take a perfect plan, perseverance, and a positive attitude.

Recently nominated as the best young scientist in Hungary, chemistry Ph.D. student Imre Miklós Szilágyi has been striving to succeed with the desire to glorify God.

Our tiny sample of African-American women reveals brilliance, scientific ambition, and anecdotal evidence of progress in the fight against ethnic and gender discrimination.

Gina Wingood, a black Catholic woman raised in a white suburb, found love and her calling in San Francisco's ghettos talking condoms, sex, and ethnic pride.

Chemical engineer Kristala Jones Prather's work creating chemical factories inside microbes has taken her from academia to industry and back again.

Minority women in European science must struggle daily to confront an issue that remains taboo.

Fewer faculty jobs are tenure-track, but job seekers in academic medical research need to look beyond the tenure-track label.