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Science Careers Podcast: There is Room for Comedy in Science [MP3]
Science Careers columnist Adam Ruben talks about his life as a scientist, comedian, and writer. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.a1200058
Donisha Adams,
Friday, May 25, 2012
 
Science Careers Podcast: Female Underrepresentation in Scientific Faculty [MP3]
Science Careers columnist Beryl Lieff Benderly talks about how medical practice has changed to meet the needs of female physicians, and how academic science can do the same for female faculty. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.a1200039
Donisha Adams,
Friday, April 6, 2012
 
Science Careers Podcast: Social Media Chat [MP3]
BioInsights founder Cliff Mintz talks about using social media Web sites as job-seeking tools. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.a1100092
Donisha Adams,
Thursday, December 9, 2010
 
Science Careers Podcast: Scientists as Quants [MP3]
Financial systems executive Lee Maclin talks about the work of quantitative analysts and why scientists often succeed in the field. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.p0800171
Chelsea Wald,
Friday, November 21, 2008
 
Science Careers Podcast: Synthetic Biology [MP3]
Hear three scientists talk about their career paths and the future of synthetic biology research. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.p0800154
Kate Travis,
Friday, October 17, 2008
 
Science Careers Podcast: Geoscience Careers [MP3]
Hear from experts and geologists about the current job market for geoscientists. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.p0800121
Kate Travis,
Friday, August 8, 2008
 
Science Careers Podcast: A Chat with Micella Phoenix DeWhyse [MP3]
Micella offers a few parting thoughts after her 6 years of monthly columns as a grad student and postdoc. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.p0800102
Robert Frederick,
Friday, July 4, 2008
 
Science Careers Podcast: An Interview with Catherine Cardelús [MP3]
The young rainforest ecologist talks about her career path, her research, and what it's like to work in the forest canopy. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.p0800091
Kate Travis,
Friday, June 13, 2008
 
Science Careers Podcast: Student-Veterans Come Marching Home [MP3]
A group of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans tell about their new lives as science and engineering students in their own words. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.p0800086
Alan Kotok, Kate Travis,
Friday, June 6, 2008
 
Science Careers Podcast: European Visa Issues [MP3]
A European policy official talks about coming to Europe to do science. DOI: 10.1126/science.caredit.p0800073
Kate Travis,
Friday, May 16, 2008
 
Science Podcast: Radioprotective Drugs; Modeling the Supergreenhouse; New Treatments for Alcoholism; Generation Y Workforce [MP3]
New drugs help cells survive exposure to radiation; how fewer biological materials in the atmosphere may have led to the Cretaceous supergreenhouse; an expanding suite of therapies to treat alcoholism; characteristics of the Generation Y workforce; and more.
Frederick, Travis, Laursen,
Friday, April 11, 2008
 
Science Podcast: Predator-Induced Cloning; Organic Molecules in Protoplanetary Disks; Assessing Agricultural Science and Technology; Industry-Academia Collaborations [MP3]
Sand dollar larvae respond to predator cues by cloning themselves; finding organic molecules in protoplanetary disks around stars; planning for future food and fuel needs with the largest assessment of agricultural science and technology; getting industry funding for scientific research; and more.
Rob Frederick, Kate Travis,
Friday, March 14, 2008
 
Science Podcast: Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases; Science Budget; Good Mentoring; Reproducing in Cities [MP3]
A new model suggests that land use changes would release more greenhouse gases than biofuels can save in the next few decades; examining the 2009 U.S. science budget; the characteristics of a good mentoring relationship; understanding lower reproduction rates in cities; and more.
Rob Frederick, Kate Travis,
Friday, February 8, 2008
 
Science Podcast: Better Understanding of HIV Infections; Cancer Immunotherapy; Glaciation During the Cretaceous Period; Second Chances at First Loves [MP3]
Using a functional genomic screen to find host proteins involved in HIV infection; why it is hard to recruit the immune system to fight cancer; Antarctic glaciers during a very warm period of Earth's history; Science Careers on doing what you love; and more.
Rob Frederick, Kate Travis,
Friday, January 11, 2008
 
Science Podcast: Treating Sickle Cell Anemia in Mice; Exploring Why the Fremont People Disappeared; Designing Superoelophobic Surfaces [MP3]
Using induced pluripotent cells to treat sickle cell anemia in mice; understanding what happened to the cliff-dwelling Fremont people; designing surfaces so that they repel oil; balancing work with other things you want to do in life; and more.
Rob Frederick, Kate Travis,
Friday, December 7, 2007