The research is cutting-edge. The publications are top-tier. Funding is abundant. But this lab has a toxic secret that will make your life a living hell. -   Hidden in Plain Sight This week, we answered a question from a first-year grad student ...

If you wake up every morning excited to go to work, you're 'in-the-zone' all day, and you come home refreshed and excited to start a new day, please stop reading now.  Everyone else, join me in paragraph two. A story for the rest of us Oh good,

Shocking Fact No. 1: If you put a woman's name and a man's name on the exact same job application for lab manager, the woman is described as less competent and will be offered less money. - Shocking fact No.

During his first week as a postdoc, James was excited.  He stayed late to set up cultures and read a stack of papers.  The second week, he was surprised to notice he was the last one in the lab at 6PM - in his undergrad lab,

Getting a complex experiment done is hard enough, but distractions can steal your focus and waste your time. The Pomodoro Technique helps you finish fast.

The moment you finish grad school, a weight is lifted from your shoulders.  You're free to follow your scientific passion and publish your discoveries in top-tier journals.  But don't get TOO comfortable, because we've already started the countdown on ...

If you met him on the street, you'd never suspect that mild-mannered Clark Kent was actually the indomitable Superman. And there's a chance that you're ignoring the real superheroes walking around your lab every day.

Military veterans can struggle in college, leading to high drop-out rates. But a few simple tweaks to the classroom boosts completion AND their grades.

Biomedical science is broken.  Funding is unpredictable, training programs drag on indefinitely, and some of our best scientists are drawn to careers outside of the university or drowned in paperwork if they stay.

Scientific training can take more than a decade, so what should you do if you're past 30 and just getting started? Are you too old to go back to school?