Midcareer
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Why I don't use humor in scientific presentations
Our columnist explains why he stopped including jokes in his talks—and why he’s now trying to start again -
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Industry experience as a platform for academic careers
Hear advice from scientists and engineers who have worked in private and public companies and transitioned back into academia. -
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How African-Americans at NASA helped remake the segregated South
A new book explores the connection between the 1960s moonshot and the end of the Jim Crow era in the United States. -
After the bombs
A Syrian computer scientist describes her professional life before the war and her efforts to rebuild her career and a future for her family in Europe -
Scientists should defend, not defund, the humanities
A crisis for the humanities is a crisis for all, our columnist argues