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Huge analysis of 320,000 careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way
Credit: demaerre/iStock via Getty Researchers hoping to find late-career success are in for bad news. A study that tracked the…
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balancing two experiments at once
After reflecting on how the mid-career and midlife stages interact, Yu Tao developed several habits that he practises as a…
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When page-renumbering causes outrage
Nature, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00913-1 The problem of page numbering in reprinted articles, and experiments to find the…
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What Artemis II’s astronauts will look for on the Moon’s far side
This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly around the…
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Deconstruction of a spino-brain–spinal cord circuit that drives chronic pain
Mice All procedures were in accordance with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines for the care and use…
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Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why
After having their first child, women are 29% less likely to be employed at a university.Credit: miljko/Getty Becoming a parent…
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Why labs need a napping room to help you work, rest and play
Holly Newson 00:00 Welcome to Working Scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Holly Newson, and in this series, you’ll hear…
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Forty-five years of progress after a key paper about the evolution of cooperation
Axelrod, R. & Hamilton, W. D. Science 211, 1390–1396 (1981). Article PubMed Google Scholar Maynard Smith, J. & Price, G.…
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I paused my PhD for 11 years to help save Madagascar’s seas
Ando Rabearisoa worked with local fishers to establish locally managed marine conservation areas that protect fisheries and local incomes in…
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AI is programmed to hijack human empathy — we must resist that
Log on to Moltbook, a social network for artificial-intelligence agents, and you might see one bot lamenting its ‘embarrassing’ habit…
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