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To help him write his dissertation, computer scientist Fred Stutzman created an app that blocks online distractions.

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

Answering these six questions can help you choose your career path without having to make major course corrections.

Despite what grad school admissions committees seem to believe, outside interests are good.

Identifying and addressing self-confidence issues can help early-career scientists make swifter progress.

Who says scientists aren't great romantics?

The overworked grad student seems to embody the most pointless aspects of graduate school.

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

University of Oxford chemist Carol Robinson returned to academia after an 8-year break and went on to win the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award.

This year, astronomer Jane Luu won two of the top prizes in astronomy. So why is she working as an engineer?

In her life and her search for gravitational waves, the MacArthur-winning MIT physicist Nergis Mavalvala is comfortable in her own skin.

As head of the accelerator division at TRIUMF, Lia Merminga is a rare woman in the upper echelons of physics.

Find out what scientists believe makes for a successful postdoctoral experience - responses collected from our annual postdoc survey.

Shouldn't scientists blow more things up? Introducing the first humor column about being, and becoming, a scientist.

Our sexy columnist ponders the importance of sexiness in science.

A new Web site features grandmothers in science and related fields.

Noah Wilson-Rich started a company to support his work in bee immunity.

According to science historian Jon Agar, Margaret Thatcher's scientific training had a significant influence on her political career