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"His lab mantra was, 'It's better to ask forgiveness than permission,' 'If I don't know about it, it doesn't happen,' [and] 'Get it done at all costs, and don't tell me how.' " --Maura Lee Upright

[H]ow can you be certain that the journal’s editor and peer reviewers will agree that your paper merits publication?

Writing well comes from writing a lot, so get comfy with your computer.

The couple started looking "around in the world [to see] where we could both have nice positions," and they found what they were looking for in Spain.

Here's everything you need to know about delivering oral scientific presentations (except the science), all in one place.

Pressure on scientists to produce impressive results that will bring in grants or renewals has never been greater.

Science Careers talks to three young investigators who contributed to this year's monumental discovery.

"Nowadays," she continued, "people have much more freedom in their personal lives and professional choices than they did when they were sold to an apprenticeship in the old days, and yet, at the same time, they're buying into this almost feudal system in which once you dedicate a certain number of years, you are bound by the amount of time you've spent." --Allegra Goodman

Best practice calls for emphasis on relationships, collaboration, and professionalism, and for de-emphasis of formal performance measures.

Well-informed students make better decisions about doctoral training and postdoctoral careers.

Investigations by The Guardian newspaper uncover disparities in the rates at which whites and minorities are admitted to competitive programs at Cambridge and Oxford universities.
 

"Programs should provide all NRSA trainees with additional professional development skills and career guidance."

"I do very advanced programming that targets very advanced research and development that is extremely technically challenging, and clearly having a degree and background in physics makes me the right person to be doing this," says James Pond, co-founder of the software company Lumerical Solutions."

"I think I have been lucky in the choice of topics to work on, topics which later turned out to be useful for developments in an apparently different direction."

"I produce 10 data points that completely undermine what everybody thinks they know about the archaeological record here. It was really important and really interesting, and almost nobody believed me." -Joan Brenner Coltrain

An excellent doctoral education should not be left to chance.

"Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." --Dwight Eisenhower

You need to tell an intriguing story about your research. Everyone in the audience has to understand it, each at a level appropriate to them.