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Norman Matloff says that passing the Senate's immigration reform bill would be a "historical watershed event," and not in a good way.

A desire to prove to disadvantaged students that they, too, could be successful carried Knatokie Ford through her graduate program at Harvard.

More open methods of peer review offer advantages and disadvantages for both authors and reviewers.

In the debate over immigration reform, some voices speak louder than others.

An open letter calls for funding agencies and hiring institutions to evaluate scientists by their research and not what journals they publish in.

Institutional fellowships offer recent Ph.D.s the chance to leap right into running their own labs.

The family of Richard Din is suing San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center for failing to adequately enforce infectious-agent safety protocols.

The UCLA chemistry professor will be tried on four felony counts related to the death of lab assistant Sheri Sangji in a laboratory fire.

NIH has released its sequestration operating plan for 2013, ScienceInsider reports.

One of the oldest paths into science writing careers has ended.

A recent analysis in neuroscience urges caution both in reading the literature and in designing your own experiments.

Why do industry leaders and policymakers continue to argue that there is a domestic shortage of STEM talent despite numerous reports to the contrary?
 

A Los Angeles judge denies a motion to dismiss charges for the UCLA professor's role in technician's chemistry lab death.

Canada is now moving toward high-skilled immigration based on employment, according to the newsmagazine Maclean’s.
 

A report explores the potential effects of current proposals to "staple a green card" to graduate degrees granted in the United States.

A group of ERC Starting Grantees has created a new platform where top young researchers can raise their voices and influence science policy.
 

Ron Hira testifies that the proposed bill falls short of addressing problems with H1-B and other high-skill visa programs.

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, the newly proposed immigration bill is bad news for job seekers.

Scientists taking part in an open peer-review process can get more recognition and an opportunity to weigh in.

While there are signs that the gender gap in science is closing, more needs to be done at policy level.