In his mid-30s prime, our columnist discusses the common traits of younger and older scientists.

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

Our columnist offers tips and strategies to help you, dear reader, walk out of any exhibit hall loaded down with free corporate goods.

Our sexy columnist ponders the importance of sexiness in science.

Our columnist continues to explore the craggy, often arbitrarily boldface landscape of the scientific resume.

Charged with perusing applications for an open scientist job, our columnist gets testy.

Despite what grad school admissions committees seem to believe, outside interests are good.

Not all research is easily justified—but what do you do when you can’t even justify it to yourself?

[Discussed on Not The Lab, 11/24/12]

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]