As funding cuts reshape the US research landscape, Stefano Cataldi is turning towards policy and advocacy work to defend science.

The pace of academia rarely slows, so researchers should make time to celebrate major career milestones.

Studying a condition after being diagnosed with it can be rewarding but also presents some ethical and psychological challenges.

Four researchers born after 1997 describe how they stay motivated and cultivate resilience during difficult times.

A postdoc researcher trying to move into an industry role wants help gaining traction and making it past the first interview stage.

Some 50 years after exposing gender discrimination in US academics’ retirement benefits, Mary Gray works as a statistician and social-justice campaigner.

Ryan Rising creates programmes that help people who have been incarcerated to access academic opportunities.

Marisa Chrysochoou and Keivan Stassun argue that AI tools could help students to navigate academia’s unwritten rules.

Science and society are undergoing rapid change. Nature wants to know how this is affecting careers, workplace culture and salaries.

Billie Goolsby’s experience with hearing loss helped her to develop a robotic tadpole for deciphering the secret lives of amphibians.

Félix Schoeller’s team built a realistic artificial-intelligence chatbot to train facilitators needed for research into psychoactive drugs — and, ultimately, to improve public health.

A non-fluent English speaker struggles to navigate language barriers in academic publishing.

Struggling to remember why you picked a career in science? Here are some heart-warming tales to jog your memory.

Surveys show the importance of social, familial and structural support in lowering anxiety, particularly for people in health professions.

Cell biologist Mark Terasaki will give US$25 million of his own money to preserve the legacy of a pioneering scientific institute in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

It’s an important milestone in many academic careers, yet the tenure process is surprisingly nebulous. Here’s what it takes to succeed.

The people who work behind the scenes to keep research moving say that there should be more recognition for their roles.

PhD students reflect on how their supervisors made a meaningful difference — from quiet acts of kindness to career-shaping guidance.

Some researchers use verse to visualize complex problems or translate the wonders of science for wider audiences.

Anne Poelina gives first authorship to a source with deep knowledge about water — the river itself.

Marine scientist Ando Rabearisoa creates sustainable, community-managed fisheries.

A new principal investigator wants to help PhD students to develop resilience and creativity in the laboratory without hovering or doing the work for them.

Disaggregating data by sex is a powerful way to help develop better diagnostics and treatments for women — but researchers say it’s not used enough.

Hormone therapy is back after decades in the shadows. But evidence gaps remain for treating perimenopause — often the most disruptive part of the menopause transition.

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, Mangala Srinivas reminds junior colleagues that career success won’t protect you from gender-based bias.

To mark International Women’s Day, Nature asked winners of its awards programmes to nominate a colleague who brings out the best in them.

Nature highlights developments in women’s health research and career guidance for women in science.

To mark International Women’s Day, Nature asked winners of its awards programmes to nominate a colleague who brings out the best in them.

Nicknamed the father of environmental justice, Robert Bullard argues that researchers in the field have more reason than ever to back up their work with action.

Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

Howard University is reaping the rewards of becoming the first such institution to reach ‘R1’ status.

An analysis documents the cumulative income hit mothers incur — as well as the extent to which state aid can offset the loss.

Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour.

Inventor Josh Miele says that accelerating change requires uprooting social attitudes about blindness and other disabilities.

Turning data into sound and music helps researchers to build community and communicate their science to a broader audience.

Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

Students and a financial planner give their advice on budgeting, saving and investing during doctoral studies.

Debarati Chatterjee’s mission is to make science in India more welcoming towards women.

Mobility turns pragmatic as living costs and politics bite, Nature’s latest graduate survey shows.

From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...

Brazil, Australia and Italy have the highest satisfaction scores in Nature’s global 2025 PhD survey — but are these nations really the best places to do a doctorate?

Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.

Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

Nature’s global survey of 3,785 doctoral students shows satisfaction has recovered from pandemic lows, but harassment and inadequate supervision remain widespread.

Maydianne Andrade focuses on action and support, not guilt, when helping people to recognize biases and identify ways to change unfair outcomes.

Environmental scientist and global advocate Jessica Hernandez works to secure women’s rights and to integrate Indigenous science into environmental policy.

Biochemist Babita Paudel urges her female colleagues to dream big, work hard, take risks and embrace challenges.