Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS. They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Where are the happiest PhD students on Earth? We combed through the 4,000 PhD student responses from across the globe in @nature.com's 2025 PhD student survey to find out. It's probably not where you think! And no, PhD stipends are *not* the key to happiness here. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New or starting a #STEM #PhD soon? Soak up the hindsight from those who've gone before. The best pieces of advice from @nature.com 's 2025 global PhD student survey. Expertly curated by @lindanordling.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My colleague Jack Leeming curated this list of 99 lab hacks for handy tips for researchers of all kinds. My fave is the 'cut glove hair tie' - priceless for those with long locks in lab! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

At long last, the 2025 @nature.com global PhD Survey is out! This first article by @lindanordling.bsky.social charts the state of the PhD experience in 2025. Good news: satisfaction is high. Bad news: so is harassment and discrimination. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Have I mentioned that I love it when scientists speak so directly about #DEI in #STEM that you can pull their words up to the headline? Here, @widowweb.bsky.social tells @ljevanso.bsky.social how she leads anti-bias workshops that focus on action, not guilt. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Enviro sci and author Jessica Hernandez tells @nature.com why she spends much of her career advocating for Indigenous knowledge to be integrated into science studies and curricula. As told to @vanesadelacruz.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In the last episode of the #Changemaker @nature.com podcast series, biochemist Babita Paudel describes why there is still a glass ceiling for women scientists in Nepal - and what might help to break it. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Banking biological samples from endangered species on the Moon? It's not a crazy as it sounds when you hear cryobiologist Mary Hagedorn tell it to @ljevanso.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Who doesn't love a good sit in the sauna? The world needs more practical solutions like this one for endangered species that can be literally built in your own backyard - and more enterprising 'out of the box' scientists like @anthonywaddle.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Brazilian physicist @soniaguimaraes.bsky.social has a lot of 'firsts' to her name as a pioneering Black woman in #STEM, but she is also first and foremost an advocate for Black girls and young people to pursue science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Next up in our @nature.com Careers podcast series on #Changemakers is an interview with @joann-trejo.bsky.social. Her career journey really epitomizes why we need these #Changemakers and good mentors in academic science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In this @nature.com Careers article, 4 Latin American researchers share how they cope with studying and working abroad, far from extended family and the culture they grew up in. As told to @vanesadelacruz.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Anti-immigration sentiment is making it harder for international graduate student and postdoc researchers to obtain visas in many countries (hint: it's not just the US). Excellent reporting by @virginiagewin.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Next up in the @nature.com Careers podcast #Changemakers series: Azeroo Khodayari speaks about her own first-generation journey to becoming a professor and why she co-designed an internship for first-gen students in LA. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In the last article in @nature.com's series on a 20-year push by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory to increase the numbers of African astronomers, Brenda Namumba chronicles her switch from schoolteacher to postdoctoral astronomer. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A few weeks ago I had the distinct pleasure to make my @nature.com Careers podcast debut to introduce our #Changemakers series. These scientists describe their own career journeys and how and why they work to make the scientific enterprise more inclusive. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This piece was a wild ride with reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social b/c of the chaos that is happening right now with US scientists' federal grants. It's terminated, it's reinstated, it's frozen... Tips, advice & solidarity from researchers navigating it 👇🏻 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tough PhD timing - the cohort that started in 2020 (Covid) and finished by 2025 (waves hands) speaks out about their career high's and low's, how they coped and what they are doing to navigate the chaotic job market. Reporting by @scattercushion.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Next up in our #Changemaker podcast series @nature.com: @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social addresses the deep inequities experienced by non-native English speakers in science and science publishing and the research he's doing to try to change it. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ICYMI: @ranadajani.bsky.social in a @nature.com Careers podcast on why she's driven to help women and children scarred by war and trauma and why she's a big supporter of women in the Arab world pursuing science careers. Why I study trauma's genetic legacy www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These parents wanted to find a cure for their kids, so they started up biotech firms to address their diseases. As reported by @rachelbrazil.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Help a reporter (and her editor) out? If you've dealt with #AcademicBullying during #PeerReview, please reach out to Katya👇🏻

Next in the #Changemaker series @nature.com, chemist @drdaisyrosasv.bsky.social says at a time when US programs are pulling back on #DEI, Latinx researchers need to be even louder about the supports they need to succeed in #STEM. As told to @becroldan.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In this profile of virologist Amadou Sall, on the ground reporting by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social Tsanni reveals how Sall's diplomacy and persuasion have made his vision of 'homegrown' vaccine manufacturing a reality in #Senegal. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Changemaker Salah Obayya spotted how the missing women's perspectives in the field of #photonics was hurting innovation when he returned home to Egypt. Then he did something about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ICYMI: An exploration of why 'fantasy lab accidents' can help better prepare #scientists for real emergencies. Reporting by Myriam Vidal Valero. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It is really no surprise that some of the scientists studying the most vulnerable populations are fighting back and suing the Trump admin over grant terminations. Excellent reporting by @virginiagewin.bsky.social as always. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you are a #PhD student in any #STEM field, @nature.com wants to hear from you 📣 It's the final week to tell Nature all your #PhD programme thoughts. And enter to win £250 GBP or US$340 (or your local equivalent). 15-min survey is here: survey.walr.com/R540ZC?sampl...

If you are a #PhD student in any #STEM field, @nature.com wants to hear from you 📣 It's the final week to tell Nature all your #PhD programme thoughts. And enter to win £250 GBP or US$340 (or your local equivalent). Take the survey here: survey.walr.com/R540ZC?sampl...

If you are like me and easing slowly back into work this Tuesday after a long weekend, put work off just another 15 minutes and take the @nature.com Global PhD Student survey! You could win £250 (or your local equivalent).

Navigating ADHD as a scientist: Shared tips and strategies for task and time management, including by volcanologist Lis Gallant (@bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social), whose ADHD is a superpower in the (lava🌋) field. Reporting by @plantnerd.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Excellent article by @virginiagewin.bsky.social about how laid-off US gov't scientists are moving on with their lives. Bottom line is that the US will lose their highly trained expertise (much of it honed by fed $'s) to other countries or fields. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Please forward this to any #PhD students in your circles! We want to hear from as many as possible, from as many countries and backgrounds as possible.

From Uganda Christopher Bendana reports on how the Trump administration's cuts to international aid, specifically #USAID and #NIH, are shutting down HIV research in #Africa. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📣Calling all #PhD students everywhere in all #STEM fields, please take our @nature.com 2025 Survey (in 15 min or less)! 🔬🩺🧬🦠💡💻🧪 🧫🔭🪐🐭🪱🦋🦎 🐠🌲🪴🍄❄️🤿🌊 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Next in the @nature.com Changemakers Q&A series, Jason 'Jace' Flatt shares a candid look at the termination of $5 million of their grant funding and describes how discrimination in the doctor's office leads to health disparities for LGBTQ+ people. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In this @nature.com investigation, @virginiagewin.bsky.social digs into why Germany's academic hierarchy can breed 'untouchable' bullies. She also speaks to people like @leising.bsky.social who are advocating for systemic changes to protect early-career researchers. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

👇🏻 @nature.com profile on Sue Sisley dives into her legal & advocacy battles with federal agencies and state lawmakers and the successful struggle to move her science forward for PTSD, addiction and hospice patients. Excellent reporting by @robinberghaus.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A perennial dilemma for early-career researchers (tsp from the Global South) who get their PhD overseas: stay or return home for the next career stages? Expert advice curated by @rochmyaningsih.bsky.social Should I return to my home country after my PhD abroad? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How a flattened-out hierarchy can lead to "an explosion of ideas" in your research group. Mathematician Nathan Alexander's lab at Howard University includes high schoolers, retirees and community members. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In this @nature.com profilfe, geophysicist Shiba Subedi tells @scigat.bsky.social how he brought together music and science to write his award-winning Nepali folk song, Earthquake Awareness Song (Be sure to watch the super fun music video!) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So happy to see this @nature.com Career Column by Emilia Krok giving advice on how to talk about your visible disability in #science job interviews. Fun fact: She is also an accomplished swimmer 🏊‍♀️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📣Attention all scientist-photographers! Enter @nature.com's #ScientistAtWork photo competition and you could win cash! (Also a subscription to @nature.com ...but cash!) See details below and send your pics! www.nature.com/immersive/sc...

"We are producing world-class research and record numbers of Black scientists with one hand tied behind our backs and shackles on our ankles," says Joseph L. Graves, Jr. in his @nature.com column on the billions that US states have short-changed their HBCUs. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In our #Changemakers series @nature.com, @vukosi.bsky.social (Vukosi Marivate) talks about why he's a connector of networks of AI researchers across Africa. As told to @sarahemilywild.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Reporter @klburke.bsky.social dives into how these PhD researchers left the academic track to forge independent research careers in rural, small town or hometown locations and how you could do it, too. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Biochemist Babita Paudel brings professional development and workshops to the farthest reaches of Nepal to boost the participation of #womeninSTEM there. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Changemaker @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social talks about ways to boost inclusion of non-fluent English speakers in #STEM. As told to @nature.com's Mariana Lenharo. Breaking language barriers: ‘Not being fluent in English is often viewed as being an inferior scientist’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...