State of the Field

Interdisciplinary shift in demand for talent within the biotech industry by Kathy L Nugent & Avi Kulkarni – “A shift away from hiring narrowly focused specialists to individuals with interdisciplinary academic training highlights the latest life sciences workforce trends.”
There is Life After Academia by Nature – “With high numbers of postdocs emerging from universities, prospective PhD students must be prepared for the fact that they will probably not end up with a career in research.”
Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children’s interests by Lin Bian, Sarah-Jane Leslie, & Andrei Cimpian – “At age 5, children seemed not to differentiate between boys and girls in expectations of ‘really, really smart’—childhood’s version of adult brilliance. But by age 6, girls were prepared to lump more boys into the ‘really, really smart’ category.'”
More female researchers globally, but challenges remain By Rachel Bernstein – “Female researchers remain a minority in all of the places studied, and on average they publish fewer papers than their male counterparts, which can hinder their future career prospects.”
Coping with class in science by Curtis D. Holder – “Social and cultural barriers … made me doubt whether I was smart enough.”