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The implications of being in a mixed-career couple became apparent to biologist Aurélie Ambrosi as lifestyle differences appeared.

As the wider world celebrates science's renewed coolness, our columnist stubbornly questions the world's right to decide.

Sports biomechanics researcher Barry Mason works on improving wheelchair design for basketball and rugby athletes.

The Internet and ubiquitous video are changing how science is done.

Most scientists continue to use tried-and-true paper lab notebooks, but electronic alternatives beckon some.

Video technology has the potential to dramatically improve the dissemination of lab protocols and techniques.

Graduate students' pressures make them especially prone to depression, but small changes can help.

A husband-and-wife team studies the brain areas that allow us to feel what others feel.

To achieve gender equality in science, shift men’s perceptions of what is professionally acceptable.

A social scientist discusses how career pressures affect how postdocs work and relate in the lab.

"Science is one of these things where one does need their eyes more so than their legs or arms or hearing, so a lot of people are surprised when they find out I am in the biomedical research field."

"Growing up hooked on science, it was only a matter of time before I was overcome by the temptation to run my own experiments."

"As I look back at my busy life, I would not have been happy giving up either—career or family," says Margaret Dalzwell Lowman.

"New Duke parents now have access to a total of 6 weeks of paid leave time. The new policy extends not only to birth parents, but also to parents who choose to adopt a child."

"The happiness and success of the next generation depend on our ability to balance home and work responsibilities while giving our kids all the love and support they need."

"In practice, only a limited number of chemicals have been properly tested for reproductive toxicity, so many hazards are not known about," says toxicologist and UK government adviser Paul Illing.

"Many may consider what I did to be a brave step, in seeming to choose my family over my career, but in the end I am a winner on all fronts." --Sami Kafala

Married women with children are less likely to be full professors than those without. The opposite is now true for men.

All higher education institutions now have a disability service.