After-work hobbies, days off and an occasional holiday are important strategies for maintaining mental health, as Amber Lenon explains
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For Brooke Russell, a constructive, mentoring environment was crucial to her development as a physicist – and it’s essential for attracting new talent into the field
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David Collomb describes how a popular competition for physics students went virtual, with a team from Russia emerging as the overall winner
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Careers don't always play out as planned, but unconventional pathways can also lead to success
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Why do many science graduates lack the skills that industry is looking for? Sean Ryan and Veronica Benson explore the problem
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City University of Hong Kong wants to scale and diversify its PhD physics programme by recruiting a new generation of rising stars from all over the world
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Physics teacher Resty C Collado finds ways to keep students from turning into mindless "Zoombies" during online-only classes
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Bonnie Tsim says “hackathons” are a great way for scientists to apply their skills to the commercial world
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The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined why the authority of science is so important – and how it’s so easy to lose. Robert P Crease explains
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Philip Ball reviews Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes
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