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In science, sometimes, mistakes are not merely good, they're extraordinary.

As a prestigious Princeton fellowship came to an end, Ethan Perlstein decided to strike out on his own.

In the United Kingdom, recent Ph.D. recipients have weathered the recession in better shape than most.

myIDP is a free, Web-based career-planning tool that was created to help graduate students and postdocs in the sciences define and pursue their career goals.

The systems biologist and trauma surgeon talks about treating patients after the Boston Marathon bombings and about his career.

With her border collie's help, a young scientist studies an endangered turtle and works to improve education in a Guatemalan village.

Noah Wilson-Rich started a company to support his work in bee immunity.

The New York Times quickly changes course in an online obituary of a highly accomplished engineer, after initially emphasizing her housekeeping accomplishments.

Women may be underrepresented in science because they're better than men at other things.
 

A new crowd-funding platform allows grads to raise money by offering backers a share of their success.
 

As maps have changed, so have mapmakers.

Science Careers talks to Eric Kaplan, co-executive producer of the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory, about his work on the show.

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

"I enjoy ... making a difference and seeing how much the world of antidoping has developed in the last few years." --Osquel Barroso

Luck will play a big role in whether you become an astronaut, so "don't put all your eggs in one basket," suggests ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald.

For those making the transition from academia, the values and culture inherent in the nonprofit world may offer an exciting and rewarding career choice.

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Some innovative ways to find hidden talent in an inefficient employment market.

Diana Marques followed her passion for painting and biology separately until one day she saw an ad for a scientific illustration workshop.