Issues & Perspectives

A mother of three and winner of a European Research Council starting grant, Michal Sharon has managed to have both a family and a scientific career.

Concern for lab safety advances -- slowly -- while University of California postdoc contract negotiations stall.

Most universities continue to tightly constrain faculty hiring, but a few are taking advantage of a rich applicant pool.

A postdoc's new company wins one the 37 coveted first-round ARPA-E grants.

Science Careers editors selected the articles they thought best described 2009, a year many scientists would just as soon forget.