Is AI eroding PhD students’ critical thinking and analysis skills?
Nature Careers BlogA Nature Careers assembled expert panel debates the impact of artificial intelligence on doctoral programmes, is AI a good or bad thing?
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What’s the secret sauce for happy scientists at work?
Meaningful work, flexibility and job security all matter more than salaries do, Nature’s job satisfaction survey shows. Shared from Nature Careers.
Admire another researcher’s work? Tell them about it
A small act of appreciation won’t solve the structural problems of academic life. But it can’t hurt. Shared from Nature Careers.
How We Swapped Presentations for Silence in Lab Meetings
Swapping to a system in which lab members read memos quietly before team discussions helped to create an open culture. From Nature Careers
How do I change labs gracefully during my PhD?
A scientist in training seeks help finding a new adviser without damaging existing working relationships. Shared from Nature Careers
How fast are you ageing? Ask AI
A new AI Large Language Model system will help scientists to refine large language models for longevity research and clarify ‘biological’ age.
Open-science platform to stop hosting data and code amid funding concerns
Changes to the Open Science Framework’s policies will come into effect in November, forcing researchers to reconsider their workflows.
A guide to emotional intelligence in the lab
Learning how to manage your feelings can help you to tackle some tricky situations at work, say organizational psychologists.
A guide to securing your first research fellowship
Learn how early-career researchers can strengthen their track record, boost their research proposal and assess institutional fit for a first research fellowship
How to get the most out of an informational interview
Informal meetings can help you to explore new career opportunities, but there is a knack to getting them right. Shared from Nature Careers
Science-backed tips on how to avoid distractions
Struggling to stay focused in the lab? Attention researchers offer some advice in this article shared from the Nature Careers Blog.
Three tips to avoid AI image mistakes in science
AI tools can be useful for brainstorming and creating graphics, but they can introduce errors. If you’re going to use them, here’s how to avoid problems.