The overworked grad student seems to embody the most pointless aspects of graduate school.

As the wider world celebrates science’s renewed coolness, our columnist stubbornly questions the world’s right to decide.

The United States faces a severe shortage of qualified scientists—so why are there so many unemployed scientists?

If scientists just want to make the world a better place, why do they expend so much energy clamoring for credit?

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

[Corresponding interview for AAAS Podcast, 5/25/12]

[Linked on National Association of Science Writers front page, 5/29/12]

[Linked on American Scientist, 6/6/12]

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?  Anyway, here’s how.

The Journal of Negative Results is only the beginning.

[Discussed on Reddit Biology, 2/24/12]

[Linked on Larval Metamorphosis, 2/24/12]

[Linked on What Is the Colony?, 2/23/12]

Lab work left you feeling dissatisfied? Our Experimental Error columnist feels your pain.

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

When you carve the turkey, don’t forget to thank science.
[Linked on 3 Quarks Daily, 11/25/11]
[Linked on AnthroIllinois, 11/25/11]

If you like grant writing, writing grants, and obtaining grants via writing, you may enjoy life as an academic scientist.

[Linked on College Misery, 10/29/11]

It’s time to reclaim the Nobel Prize for the common scientist, for those who have long considered the award beyond their grasp.

As we are training to become fully fledged scientists, we ourselves are the test subjects.

Walk through the corridors of many scientific institutions and you’ll see the results of decisions made by the hiring committee of 1962.