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"The responsibility of being read or heard or seen by thousands of people," which many people would find daunting, is something Jorge Mira Pérez really relishes in his broadcasting career.

“The lifestyle of a postdoc just didn’t appeal to me," Alex Marini, Senior Manager in Risk Management, National Bank of Canada says, "and I knew then that perhaps this wasn’t the direction that I wanted to go.”

Suarez hopes that by sharing her experiences and observations about the first few years of grad school, she can help others through this critical time.

The couple started looking "around in the world [to see] where we could both have nice positions," and they found what they were looking for in Spain.

"You have to be lucky, because there is a lot of good people and they [too] deserve the position," says Collard.

"We are training chemists to think imaginatively about minimising environmental impacts and social and economic costs," says the Royal Society of Chemistry's Jeff Hardy.

Above: The
Apatosaurus (
Brontosaurus) Mike Taylor's dad drew for him when Taylor was 8 years old.

"Many scientists do good work, make progress, and don't have a high
h-index." –Deepto Chakrabarty

"Real-world experience trumps classroom learning, and future employers don't care if the experience was paid or volunteer."

"I realized that I really love science but not spending my time just focusing on a particular aspect of it." --Maria Cruz

"Every earthquake is a live experiment, hitting different populations and infrastructures." --Tiziana Rossetto, University College London

"I enjoy ... making a difference and seeing how much the world of antidoping has developed in the last few years." --Osquel Barroso

"I joined for a bit of adventure … [and the] opportunity to go all over the world." Sally Serenyi, Schlumberger

"Water problems are not going away." -Richelle Allen-King, University at Buffalo

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

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

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

NASCAR is hiring mechanical engineers and aerodynamics scientists to shave milliseconds off lap times and push racecars to their limits.

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

Many Spanish trainees have been forced to start their doctorates without financial help.