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Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but these rank among worst entry-level jobs 0

Business, Finance, Leadership, Success
June 6, 2026

Trade jobs are having a moment. Touted as the smarter, safer alternative to “irrelevant” overpriced degrees and entry-level white-collar jobs (which tech CEOs warn could soon be swallowed by AI), traditional manual work like welding, plumbing, and carpentry is experiencing a resurgence among Gen Z. Around 78% of Americans say they’ve noticed a spike in

Samsung’s UK boss keeps a signed $100 bill she’s never allowed to spend and an emergency gift closet 0

Business, Finance, Leadership, Success
May 31, 2026

Just one conversation can make or break an entire career. Take Annika Bizon. She is one of Samsung’s most influential U.K. executives right now. As vice president across the U.K. and Ireland, the 47-year-old is helping steer one of the world’s biggest technology brands through the AI boom. She also sits on Meta’s advisory board.

balancing two experiments at once 0

SCIENCE
April 13, 2026

After reflecting on how the mid-career and midlife stages interact, Yu Tao developed several habits that he practises as a mid-career researcher.Credit: Benjamin Smith One afternoon in November last year, two e-mails landed in my inbox minutes apart. The first was from my son’s school, reminding parents that the transition to secondary education would begin

Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why 0

SCIENCE
March 29, 2026

After having their first child, women are 29% less likely to be employed at a university.Credit: miljko/Getty Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s, lowering their chances of getting university jobs, tenure and reducing their publication output, finds a large analysis1 of academics in Denmark. The

I paused my PhD for 11 years to help save Madagascar’s seas 0

SCIENCE
March 22, 2026

Ando Rabearisoa worked with local fishers to establish locally managed marine conservation areas that protect fisheries and local incomes in Madagascar. Credit: Johnson Rakotoniaina Three years into an ecological economics PhD in France, Ando Rabearisoa made a decision that would change both her life and Madagascar’s coastal ecosystems. In 2009, she abandoned her PhD studies

My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do?0

Uncategorized
March 3, 2026

The problem Dear Nature, I am a second-year PhD student in environmental science and engineering at a university in China. I have decided to seek your advice because I am in a state of crisis: I fear that my professional relationship with my supervisor has become toxic and is beyond repair. A huge problem for