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A Call to Redefine Impact in Academia

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An Academic’s Guide to Leadership in the Lab

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Publish or Perish: The Board Game of Academic Survival

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From the Front Lines at Harvard: Battling Trump's Attack on Science

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Open Science: An Antidote to Anti-Science     

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Postdocs Who Publish Hit Papers Are More Likely to Stay and Succeed in Academia

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Why Are Successful Scientists Leaving Academia Mid-Career? 

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The Immeasurable Impact of a Scientist

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Work and Life: Balance or Blend?

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Slideshow: The Lifelike Glass Models of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka

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Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

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Vipers’ Self-Defense Mechanism Could Spark a New Antivenom Strategy

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Was Anthropic’s Biology Breakthrough Borrowed From Another Scientist’s Work?

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Federal Research Grant Awards Fall to a Six-Year Low

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

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Exploring the Most Impactful CRISPR Stories

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