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The Next Generation Researchers Initiative at the National Academies: New Study Begins

The Next Generation Researchers Initiative at the National Academies: New Study Begins

A new study commenced work at the start of 2017: the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative,” directed by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine.

Nature Special Issue on Young Scientists

Nature Special Issue on Young Scientists

The research enterprise sometimes keeps scientists from pursuing the best ideas: intense competition forces researchers to prioritize publishing papers over tackling important questions. A special issue explores the problems facing early and mid-career scientists, and how to solve them.

What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?

What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?

A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?

The office experiment: Can science build the perfect workspace?

The office experiment: Can science build the perfect workspace?

Windows, desks and employees are being wired up in a quest to create healthy, evidence-based environments.

The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists

The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists

These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.

Back to the thesis

Back to the thesis

Late nights, typos, self-doubt and despair. Francis Collins, Sara Seager and Uta Frith dust off their theses, and reflect on what the PhD was like for them.