Scientists aren’t angrier than the general population, but different triggers make us mad.

Or how a trip to Walt Disney World tricked me into becoming a scientist.

If reports I’ve heard are true, in the 1970s somewhere between 104% and 109% of grant proposals were funded.

The worst part of grad school, writes our columnist, is that you can’t predict when it’s going to be over.

[Discussed on Erin Go Brain blog, 12/3/14]

The worst part of networking, our columnist says, is that it feels like spending time marketing yourself in lieu of doing science.

For some nutty reason, scientists sometimes become lawyers.

In which our columnist attempts to replicate his earlier experiment in procreation.

NIH-funded training programs are helping NIH-trained scientists learn how to not do NIH-funded research.

Our columnist offers advice on presenting your work to the most difficult audience there is: children.

To be a proper scientist, is it necessary to conform to the standard template?

[Named one of the week’s top science communication stories, 5/31/14]

Many scientists worry that if they dress well, they’ll be sending a message that appearances matter more than substance.

[Refuted by a Nobel laureate in The Australian, 5/21/14]

There’s a lot we can learn from science fair projects that we can then apply to our own research.

Before going to college, I dreamed about my career options. I thought about my career options. But do you know what I didn’t do? I didn’t research my career options.

As Johns Hopkins University floats a plan to limit the number of grad students and raise their salaries, our columnist envisions an overly adjunctified world.

Here are some of this winter’s lesser-known science playthings for all ages, from the precocious little budding scientist in your family to the precocious little budding scientist who heads your department.