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A new book takes a revealing look at careers in academic science.

What are the best strategies for funding high-risk, high-reward research?

Working longer hours doesn't necessarily mean getting more done.

Ruth L. Kirschstein's life of research and service provides a powerful example for young scientists.

When a principal investigator dies, it leaves behind a scientific gap, practical problems, and grieving colleagues.

Science Careers editors selected the articles they thought best described 2009, a year many scientists would just as soon forget.

A postdoc's new company wins one the 37 coveted first-round ARPA-E grants.

Most universities continue to tightly constrain faculty hiring, but a few are taking advantage of a rich applicant pool.

A mother of three and winner of a European Research Council starting grant, Michal Sharon has managed to have both a family and a scientific career.

Concern for lab safety advances -- slowly -- while University of California postdoc contract negotiations stall.

The "audacious" approach to science is not the best approach, especially for scientists in training.

His life in tatters, one former UMass postdoc sues his college and his adviser as postdocs on three UMass campuses unionize.

Is it a good idea to propose a safe research project to NIH or NSF, then use the money for riskier work?

Like a biologist's microscope or a geographer's global positioning system, assistive technologies allow scientists and engineers to extend their capabilities.

Research finds that scientists' career-related preferences are far wider than stereotypes suggest -- and that industry is likely to be an excellent choice for many.

A few scientists are going to great lengths to make everything they do in the lab transparent, often in real time.

The rules and conventions of authorship are ever-changing and rarely clear, but early-career scientists need to master them.

A complex fabric of researchers -- geneticists, psychologists, neuroscientists, physicians -- are working to understand autism.

Scientists' strong propensity to pair up romantically, research shows, can either help or hurt their careers.

People with scientific training are needed to explore ethical, legal, and social issues involved in bringing science into the clinic.