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Universities must teach new graduate students the “hidden curriculum” of how academic careers actually work—from funding to networking—starting on day one.

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Beyond the Bench: Readers Share Their Non-Scientific Dream Jobs

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Navigating the Job Market: Career Advice for Graduating College Students

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Career Chat: From Immunologist to Citizen Science Coordinator

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Career Chat: A Biotech Industry Scientist Bridges Research and Real-World Applications

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A PhD Opens More Career Doors Than Researchers Think

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Career Chat: A Science Communicator Uses Video to Bring Research to Life

Illustration of Masudur Rahman (dark hair, center) sitting at a desk holding a folder. On the left is an attorney in a blue suit with a laptop open to a page with a patent document. On the right sits a researcher in a pink top and purple pants. In front of Rahman is a nameplate that reads “Patent Examiner.”

Career Chat: A Researcher Who Traded Experiments for Patent Evaluations

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Neurocomics Bring Science to Life Through Visual Storytelling

Illustration of Carlo Quintanilla, a health science policy analyst at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, at his desk creating a report (right monitor) that summarizes the impact of policies based on data about them that he has researched (left monitor).

What Does a Career in Science Policy Entail?

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Lawnmower-like Enzyme Rewinds Decades of Molecular Aging in Human Tissue

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How the Gut Differentiates Artificial Sweeteners from Sugars

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Female Brains Wake Up from Anesthesia Differently Than Male Brains

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Ovarian Cancer Cells Use Fructose to Promote Metastasis 

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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