Why the mid-career stage in science can feel like a second puberty
Life satisfaction can hit rock bottom in midlife before bouncing back as our ageing brains start to feel less regretful about missed opportunites, says Hannes Schwandt, a health economist at Northwest...
12 Okt 202216min
Burnout and breakdowns: how mid-career scientists can protect themselves
Trying to achieve balance in your personal and professional lives is misguided, four researchers tell Julie Gould in the third episode of Muddle of the Middle, a six-part podcast series about the mid-...
5 Okt 202213min
When life gets in the way of scientists’ mid-career plans
In 2012, more than a decade years after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in French, mother-of-six Bethany Kolbaba Kartchner switched to science, rising at 4 a.m. to study for an associate’s degree ...
28 Sep 202223min
Muddle of the middle: why mid-career scientists feel neglected
Is 40 too young for a scientist to describe themselves as mid-career? If the term can’t be defined by age, does it refer to landing tenure, to achieving a level of autonomy or to serving on multiple a...
21 Sep 20229min
Science in Africa: tackling mistrust and misinformation
Mental-health researcher Mary Bitta uses art and artistic performance to tackle public mistrust in science across communities in Kilifi, Kenya.This distrust can extend to procedures such as taking blo...
16 Juni 202223min
Science in Africa: a wishlist for scientist mothers
Angela Tabiri and Adidja Amani tell Akin Jimoh how they combine family life with career commitments, helped by strong networks of family support.In Ghana, where Tabiri researches quantum algebra at th...
9 Juni 202233min
Science in Africa: Diaspora perspectives
Molecular biologist Khady Sall returned to Senegal in 2018 after setting up Science Education Exchange for Sustainable Development (SeeSD), a non-profit organization she founded while a PhD student in...
1 Juni 202233min
Science in Africa: ‘The world needs science and science needs women’
Doreen Anene and Stanley Anigbogu launched separate initiatives to promote science careers to young girls and women in Africa. What motivated them to do so?Anene, a final-year animal-science PhD resea...
27 Maj 202233min
