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This cognitive scientist/opera singer learned to love science and music separately before figuring out how to bring them together.

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

Identifying and addressing self-confidence issues can help early-career scientists make swifter progress.

A social scientist discusses how career pressures affect how postdocs work and relate in the lab.

A husband-and-wife team studies the brain areas that allow us to feel what others feel.

The Internet and ubiquitous video are changing how science is done.

Most scientists continue to use tried-and-true paper lab notebooks, but electronic alternatives beckon some.

Video technology has the potential to dramatically improve the dissemination of lab protocols and techniques.

Sports biomechanics researcher Barry Mason works on improving wheelchair design for basketball and rugby athletes.

By admitting responsibility for the conditions that caused Sheri Sangji’s death, the University of California takes a step toward better lab safety.

Online forums offer fellowship applicants opportunities to commiserate and learn from each other.

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

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

Why do we require scientists to write badly?

A good mentor at each career stage can greatly enhance your professional and personal achievement.

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

Biologist Mary-Rose Hoja has forged a career as a consultant in strategic networking, social media, and mingling.

Who better than Nobel Prize–winning scientists to offer advice for scoring science's top prize for yourself?

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?

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