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Despite global turmoil, Gen Z researchers are not giving up 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- August 10, 2026
Geopolitical unrest, rising costs of living, research funding cuts and a widespread sense of decreasing trust in science have put early-career scientists everywhere on edge. World events have added to the uncertain job security of up-and-coming researchers and graduate students, many of whom face defining choices that will shape their career trajectories. Among them are
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What to do when you have too many PhD projects on the go 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- August 10, 2026
Credit: Jakub Zerdzicki/Alamy In May 2024, four years into my postgraduate career, I decided that I wanted to finish my PhD by the end of 2025. The problem was that, despite working on many ongoing projects, I had not yet published a paper discussing my PhD work. My days were full and I was spending
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The three-and-beyond-body problem: juggling kids, travel and careers in academia 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- August 9, 2026
Researcher Laura Carter’s children look out at the tarmac at Heathrow Airport, before the family boards a flight for a research trip to Australia. A trip in November 2025 brought home just how complex my family life has become. For a moment, my husband and I were in the air at the same time, crossing
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Science-backed tips on how to avoid distractions 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- August 3, 2026
Smartphones and other digital technologies are a constant potential source of distraction. According to a 2025 survey by Reviews.org, an online resource that reviews mobile services and Internet providers, on average, US adults check their phones 186 times per day, or roughly once every five minutes (see go.nature.com/4b4zgje). They also spend 5 hours each day
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Science sleuths uncover more than 100 suspicious images in Thermo Fisher antibody catalogue 0
- SCIENCE
- May 29, 2026
Y-shaped biomolecules called antibodies are scientific workhorse tools that researchers use to bind to and track specific proteins.Credit: Nemes Laszlo/Science Photo Library Catalogue entries for more than 100 antibodies sold by the research services and supply company Thermo Fisher Scientific contain images that have apparently been manipulated, according to a pair of researchers who specialize
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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
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