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Training courses outline the challenges and opportunities in conducting cancer clinical trials.

How can we ensure that future students will read our names when, many years from now, they open their science textbooks on their iPad 15s?

Humor can be an added bonus in scientific talks, provided you know when and how to use it.

Postdoc-turned-politician Peter Ferguson hopes to bring his scientific insight to Canada's federal Parliament.

Scientific hoaxes can be fun (when they're harmless) while also serving a serious function: exposing failures of scientists' most important tool, their skepticism.

Identical twin brothers Alan and Steven Davy are pursuing similar research interests while also seeking to differentiate their work.

Another needless death at a university research facility points up the scandal of lax safety standards in academe.

Social and behavioral scientist Nardi Steverink studies the psychological well-being of older people to help them stay well and happy longer.

Two recent entrepreneurs offer advice on starting a new company.

His daughter still in the embryonic stage, our columnist wonders whether it's too early to steer her toward a career in science.

Neuroscientist Sara Burke investigates how aging affects the plasticity of neuronal networks and, ultimately, behavior.

A developmental biologist turned design expert thinks there are better ways to present scientific information.

Recent research questions some popular estimates of the role of the foreign-born in founding high-tech companies.

A growing body of research and experience suggest that individuals possessing personal resilience are more likely to overcome career roadblocks.

Presenting your work effectively is an important part of a scientific career, but dealing with the anxiety it provokes is rarely taught.

Conveying complex material during a scientific presentation is difficult for everyone, but it's especially challenging for speakers who aren't fluent and confident in the conference language.

The decision to retire has professional, financial, and psychosocial implications that scientists need to think about and plan for well in advance.

Our labs are science-based mini-societies -- so why do we run them in the same arbitrary and bureaucratic way as the rest of the world?

From changing roles to changing institutions, researchers approaching retirement age are finding ways to prolong their scientific careers.

Two university-based jobs programs are helping to boost opportunities for scientists who are already trained.