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As we are training to become fully fledged scientists, we ourselves are the test subjects.

The key to understanding the way the media covers science is to know the rules science journalists adhere to.

Our columnist continues to explore the craggy, often arbitrarily boldface landscape of the scientific resume.

Our columnist lists the top N of everything in science careers, where N=fun.

Looking for something really different? Consider a career in alchemy, Lysenkoism, diluvial geology -- or invent your own!

Before you pick up that next thriller novel, remember that scientists are not exactly as they are often portrayed.

Shouldn't scientists blow more things up? Introducing the first humor column about being, and becoming, a scientist.

For all the naïve and gullible graduate students out there, here is a handy guide to what those speakers are really saying.

Why do we require scientists to write badly?

Walk through the corridors of many scientific institutions and you'll see the results of decisions made by the hiring committee of 1962.

His daughter still in the embryonic stage, our columnist wonders whether it's too early to steer her toward a career in science.

Our labs are science-based mini-societies -- so why do we run them in the same arbitrary and bureaucratic way as the rest of the world?

Our Experimental Error columnist asks, "Who are the people in your fume hood?"

The Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine is only the beginning.