Nature, June 21, 2021
Researchers are now permitted to grow human embryos in the lab for longer than 14 days. Here’s what they could learn.
The parenting penalties faced by scientist mothers
Nature, June 21, 2021
Starting a family at a key career stage comes at a cost to birthing parents — and many end up leaving the profession as a result.
The broken promise that undermines human genome research
Nature, February 10, 2021
Data sharing was a core principle that led to the success of the Human Genome Project 20 years ago. Now scientists are struggling to keep information free.
Can patients’ gut microbes help fight cancer?
Science, November 20, 2020
Oncologists may one day harness patients’ gut microbes to improve treatment efficacy.
How LGBT+ scientists would like to be included and welcomed in STEM workplaces
Nature, October 19, 2020
Steps that peers and institutions can take to make laboratories, conferences and lecture halls safe and inclusive spaces.
Daunting but doable: Job searching after a postdoc
Science, August 20, 2020
How postdocs can compete in a historically tight academic job market.
The weapons of sexual rivalry
Knowable Magazine, December 5, 2019
Male-male competition, and sometimes female preferences, have driven arms races for the flashiest horns, antlers, pincers, tusks and claws
These secret battles between your body’s cells just might save your life
Nature, October 15, 2019
To fight cancer and ageing, biologists are looking at how cells evict, kill or cannibalize less-fit rivals.
Alzheimer’s research reset
Science, October 4, 2019
After some costly and disappointing drug trial failures, the field welcomes a funding surge, tools for tracking disease, and interdisciplinary collaborations to tackle one of science’s most stubborn puzzles.
Babies on board
Nature, April 30, 2019
Scientist-mums in the United States need better parental-support policies. Without a national paid family-leave policy, some researchers are struggling at crucial career phases.