Fernando Racimo, Elia Valentini ... Julia B Halder
The ever-worsening climate and ecological crises calls for life scientists to engage in advocacy and activism to galvanise governments and the public into action.
Allison Schad, Rebekah L Layton ... Jeanette Gowen Cook
Biomedical doctoral students and those from historically excluded groups exhibit higher rates of mental distress, which worsened in 2020 for some populations.
Sarah M Rajtmajer, Timothy M Errington, Frank G Hillary
An increased emphasis on falsification – the direct testing of strong hypotheses – will lead to faster progress in science by allowing well-specified hypotheses to be eliminated.
Andréanne Morin, Britney A Helling ... Nancy B Schwartz
The pandemic adversely affected the mental health and research productivity of postdocs in the US, and institutional resources helped to alleviate some of these stresses.
Articles about doing a PhD tend to focus on the difficulties faced by research students: here we argue that the scientific community should also highlight the positive elements of the PhD experience.