Kendall Powell
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Senior editor @NatureCareers. Word nerd and chronicler of the geekosphere. Flip-turner at 5am. Opinions just mine. she/her
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Just ahead of the 2024 Lindau conference, Nature Careers advises on how to schmooze with science's Nobel superstars. Reported by Lesley Evans Ogden. How to network with the brightest minds in science nature.com/articles/d4158…
If you are a research group leader in #academia or #industry, pls take our Nature Careers quick survey on the state of global hiring practices in the sciences. What’s the state of hiring researchers in science? Share your insights with Nature nature.com/articles/d4158…
Former Rwandan health minister Agnes Binagwaho says development partners must follow what Africans want, not their own agenda: "You’re not going to tell me in my kitchen what colour curtains I have to put up." #Changemakers Nature Careers nature.com/articles/d4158…
In this Nature Careers Q&A Seven Machina Rasmussen (Seven Rasmussen) shares secrets for science storytelling success. As told to Fayth Tan, PhD | fungalpals.bsky.social (Fayth Tan). ‘All things that wander in the heavens’: how I swapped my ivory tower for the world of science fiction nature.com/articles/d4158…
Conservationists working to save endangered species face ethical and logistical challenges as well as depressing stats. They tell Nikki Forrester Nature Careers how they cope. Harrowing trends: how endangered-species researchers find hope in the dark nature.com/articles/d4158…
These researchers learned to ice climb, paraglide, canoe Arctic waters, and track wolves on horseback to get their hard-to-reach fieldwork done. Reported by Shihab Jamal Science on the edge: how extreme outdoor skills enhanced our fieldwork nature.com/articles/d4158…
Two physician-scientists describe their odysseys with being targeted by deepfake AI videos and adverts - and how they fought back. Reporting Linda Nordling Scientists are falling victim to deepfake AI video scams — here’s how to fight back nature.com/articles/d4158…
It's time to talk about the eco-anxiety and climate grief that CC researchers must cope with chronically. Meghie Rodrigues reports. ‘Who will protect us from seeing the world’s largest rainforest burn?’ The mental exhaustion faced by climate scientists nature.com/articles/d4158…
This interview with National Black Postdoctoral Association (NBPA) founder Frankie D Heyward, Ph.D. is a real highlight in our series of #Changemakers for Nature Careers. As told to Esme Hedley ‘There’s a lot of privilege masquerading as merit’: why inclusion matters in academia nature.com/articles/d4158…
In this #WorkingScientist profile, read about how Dr. Nancy Olivieri has fought for scientific integrity for 30 years. Her #whistleblower peers: "Nancy's outraged at your enemies." As told to Sara Reardon Blow that whistle at your own risk nature.com/articles/d4158…
Four researchers share their best tips for working with NGOs to get biomedical breakthroughs to the communities who need it most. As told to Anna Napolitano. Partners in drug discovery: how to collaborate with non-governmental organizations nature.com/articles/d4158…
Global AI experts Nyalleng Moorosi Suresh Venkatasubramanian Seydina Ndiaye and Cambridge University's Ross King discuss how researchers should proceed with caution to use AI responsibly in their research. How to harness AI’s potential in research — responsibly and ethically nature.com/articles/d4158…
These top tips can help you ace your tech industry interviews - brought to you by Mark Klenk, a past industry exec who now does interview coaching. Nail your tech-industry interviews with these six techniques nature.com/articles/d4158…
In this #WorkingScientist profile, we follow along with Christine Gabriele as she follows her beloved humpback whales in both Hawaiian and Alaskan waters. Oceanside reporting by Lesley Evans Ogden Tales of a migratory marine biologist nature.com/articles/d4158…
This profile of carly mclachlan Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research explores her unique collaboration with the UK trip-hop band Massive Attack to decarbonize live music events. Reporting by Esme Hedley Massive Attack’s science-led drive to lower music’s carbon footprint nature.com/articles/d4158…
Really nice feature-length piece written by our first Nature Careers (and Nature Index Nature Outlook) intern Esme Hedley. It's a lovely mash up of climate science and live music. Massive Attack’s science-led drive to lower music’s carbon footprint nature.com/articles/d4158…
In this feature, Rachel Brazil dives into the emotional and administrative toll that research assessment systems, and esp the UK's REF, take on academic researchers. The human costs of the research-assessment culture nature.com/articles/d4158…