Essential advice for trainees when evaluating postgraduate physician scientist training programs.

Challenges faced by the declining global workforce of young physician-scientists are highlighted, and a unified view on how to revive and reinvigorate this critical pool of dual-trained physicians worldwide is provided.

A method to assess the training of scientists, based on a set of 10 core competencies, is proposed.

A survey of scientists working in Germany reveals that most already travel to conferences in a sustainable manner and would be willing to make further changes to protect the environment.

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.

An analysis of author contribution statements in a large number of published papers reveals biases in the career trajectories of scientists.

Proposals to reduce the number of students who do PhDs are misguided because they would exclude young scientists with qualities that do not show up in exam results and interviews.

By sharing their experiences, early-career scientists can help to make the case for increased government funding for researchers.

Disclosing work prior to submission to a journal would benefit scientists seeking to be acknowledged for their discoveries.