The author of a new study of biomedical funding explains why he’s optimistic about young scientists’ futures.

Completing two graduate degrees can offer great flexibility.

Young scientists often have the same long-term goal: use one’s smarts and drive to gain insights into a problem of interest.

Is there an alternative to the standard academic career path that would actually make research work better?

Independent professionals advance science in ways faculty-run labs cannot, and such positions keep talented people in research, argues Steven Hyman.

You might see science as splashy headlines and a barrage of new results—but in the background are people with emotions and ambitions, politics, and a system that promotes publishing novel findings above all. A new paper on eel navigation highlights some of these systemic troubles.

After flunking a calculus test, I worried I wouldn't make it in science. But I stuck with it, even as people I knew dropped out after their first failure.

For those researchers, the pressure to publish is intense, as they vie for the few jobs at the heads of academic labs. This atmosphere can lead to mistakes.

While Trump takes aim at immigration, foreign trainees consider taking their talents elsewhere