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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.

After many professional twists and turns, a researcher reconsiders what it means to ‘make it’ in academia.

What is the best way to ensure that scientific criticism is heard and understood?.

Biomedical doctoral students and those from historically excluded groups exhibit higher rates of mental distress, which worsened in 2020 for some populations.

A medical diagnosis sets a principal investigator on a new path.

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.

A graduate student reflects on her choice to end a pregnancy, and on what the overturning of Roe v. Wade means for trainees in the United States.

The rhesus macaque is a non-human primate that is widely used as a model organism in ecology, evolutionary biology and behavioural science.

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.