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Articles By Rachel Kaufman

  • Career Profiles
    The Job Market

    Science on the Fast Track

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

     
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  • Career Profiles
    Career Advice
    Career Profiles
    Career Advice
    Career Profiles
    Career Advice

    Swimming With SHArKs

    In a world where research is valued above all, how do teaching and outreach experiences influence careers?

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  • MySciNet
    Diversity Issues
    Issues and Perspectives
    MySciNet
    Diversity Issues
    Issues and Perspectives
    MySciNet
    Diversity Issues
    Issues and Perspectives

    It Doesn't Add Up

    A study confirms that girls have as much innate math ability as boys -- so where are all the women mathematicians?

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  • Career Profiles
    Career Profiles
    Career Profiles

    NASA's Planetary Protection Officer

    Cassie Conley's job is, among other challenges, to protect Earth from the scum of the universe -- especially the pond scum.

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  • Career Profiles
    Life and Career
    Career Profiles
    Life and Career
    Career Profiles
    Life and Career

    From Mycology to Oncology

    Wilma Lingle started out studying mushrooms but transformed herself into a Mayo Clinic breast cancer researcher and the manager of two core facilities.

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