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For sale: Survey data on millions of high school students

Three thousand high school students from across the United States recently trekked to a university sports arena here to attend an event with an impressive-sounding name: the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders. Many of their parents had spent $985 on tuition.

Nobel laureate: how (not) to apply for a postdoc position

Nobel laureate: how (not) to apply for a postdoc position

Martin Chalfie argues that young scientists who ‘play the game’ of publishing in selective journals are less likely to win permanent posts

Unraveling fast fashion headlines

Did you read about Burberry’s recent bad press? The British luxury fashion brand received significant criticism for physically destroying about $38 million worth of unsold clothing, accessories and perfume last year to protect its brand.

Dealing with disruption means embracing opportunities

Disruption. Risk. Resilience. Buzzwords become buzzworthy for a reason. If you’re not paying close attention to how a changing world will reshape your business — perhaps, even, the global economy — you’re not positioning yourself or your organization for leadership, let alone sustainability in the conventional sense of the word.