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Managing an intimate relationship at work requires awareness of potential pitfalls and a delicate balance of privacy and openness.

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

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

Setting up successful international collaborations is about leveling the field, especially when working with partners in developing countries.

One of the last sessions at the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting looked at transformative research and the factors that facilitate it—or don't.

Agnieszka Dobrzyn has reaped the rewards of efforts to keep top young scientists in Poland.

Tony Kouzarides also has a strong commitment to asking what he calls the "right questions" and an unusual willingness to bet on his instincts.

A CIFRE agreement "is a good way of ... doing research and keeping other doors open," says Sylvain Schwartz.

South Korea joins the ranks of emerging science powerhouse nations.

In Vienna, Eastern and central European scientists gathered to network and learn how to be more competitive for ERC grants.

Cultural differences in approaches to ethical issues create challenges for scientists working internationally.

Well-informed students make better decisions about doctoral training and postdoctoral careers.

Investigations by The Guardian newspaper uncover disparities in the rates at which whites and minorities are admitted to competitive programs at Cambridge and Oxford universities.
 

A new crowd-funding platform allows grads to raise money by offering backers a share of their success.
 

Sander van Zuijlen and Hester Bijl turned their differences into strengths as they moved from student and mentor to scientific collaborators.

With good long-term funding prospects and attractive salaries, Germany has become a major contender in the global competition among nations to draw in top talent.

Fátima Al-Shahrour is working to interpret the genome to help select more effective drugs for cancer patients.

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

Science Careers looks at the pros and cons for young scientists to take part in interactive peer review processes both as authors and reviewers.
 

A more interactive peer-review process can help authors build recognition, increase their impact, and win priority for their scientific work.