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"I still find the AI assistant helpful for refining routine correspondence. But I have found it can get in the way of connecting with the people closest to me." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/48nqnbH
An illustration of a man typing on a laptop with a brain behind him, with the hedline: A colleague hated my AI-polished emails—so he set a trap
November 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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"I am committed to not letting my history define me. But I also don’t want my colleagues to assume no scientist could have a past like mine." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4i3uAXO
An illustration of a person behind a tree looking at a coyote. The hedline reads: I used to be homeless. That experience shapes my science
October 26, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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"I’m still not the person who has the loudest voice, or who speaks first or most frequently in a meeting. I still feel the urge to wait for perfect words. But I have become more willing to offer my voice." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4zFAEvJ
An illustration of a woman's head getting bigger and bigger. The text at the top reads, "How I learned to speak up with confidence.
October 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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"I have come to realize teaching, mentoring, and academic life are part of who I am. No matter where my career or destiny takes me, I do not think I can completely walk away from them." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/47cvfzW
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October 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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"I did not need to disguise the constraints of my career to prove I was a devoted mother, just as I do not need to disguise the demands of motherhood to prove I am a serious scientist." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4rHQByo
An illustration of a woman in front of a computer holding a child. The hedline reads: As a new assistant professor, I thought I needed to hide my family responsibilities
October 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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"No calia que dissimulés les restriccions de la meva carrera per demostrar que era una mare dedicada, igual que no cal que dissimuli les exigencies de la maternitat per demostrar que soc una científica seriosa." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4xUARcY
As a new assistant professor, I thought I needed to hide my family responsibilities
“I do not need to disguise the demands of motherhood to prove I am a serious scientist,” this academic learned
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October 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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"For a long time, I thought becoming a scientist meant learning how to appear certain, composed, and knowledgeable. But the people I came to admire have held on to their willingness to ask questions and to be excited by what they did not yet know." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4rsIztb
An illustration of a man taking off a mask that looks like his own face. The headline reads: I thought ‘I don’t know’ signaled scientific incompetence. Now, I know different
September 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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"For the first time, I realized sharing my fears and guilt didn’t mean I lacked resilience. It made the burden easier to carry." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4reDUeh
An illustration of a woman talking on the phone, with the headline: I used to keep my family life private in grad school. A natural disaster changed that
September 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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“The greater danger is allowing uncertainty to convince us to stop building, mentoring, investing in ambitious ideas, supporting vulnerable communities, or imagining a future worth creating until conditions improve.” #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4ivIdj8
As an academic scientist in the U.S., I’m learning to live with uncertainty
September 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Excited to share my new @science.org Working Life essay, “Letting go of certainty,” reflecting on uncertainty, taking chances, and pursuing tenure three years early.

“Sometimes action comes first.”

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As an academic scientist in the U.S., I’m learning to live with uncertainty
“The greater danger is allowing uncertainty to convince us to stop building,” this professor writes
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September 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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“You do not need to know everything before you can help someone else learn.” #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4r3qpyf
When I told my students I’m still learning their language, they started to open up about their challenges, too
September 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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"In all I lost to my illnesses, I gained in my voice and agency to decide not only that, yes, I will be a psychologist, but also the kind of academic I want to be: compassionate, determined, and balanced in my science, my service, and myself." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/3T3aK5c
An illustration of a circle of people holding hands standing on the open pages of a book, with the hedline: As a psychology Ph.D. student, I’ve learned to care for myself while caring for others
September 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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"I have learned that stepping into these uncertain situations has helped me grow and uncover hidden passions that I never would have discovered otherwise." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/3SmGguM
An illustration of a man walking above buildings, with text: Why I say yes to career opportunities that scare me
August 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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"I realized writing is a process that not only transforms ideas into text, but also allows the writer to continuously question and refine those ideas. The AI never did this." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4x2xGAt
An illustration of a head that's half robot and half man, with text: I had to unplug from AI to rediscover my love of writing
August 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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August 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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"Our future here depends not only on me excelling as a researcher, but also on whether we can afford to remain in the U.K. legally." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4fZF1cM
An illustration of a man on a bike with two children and woman behind him riding uphill on a U.K. flag, with text: Visa stress clouds my life as a scientist and parent
August 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Thrilled to announce that an essay I wrote was published in Science today! @science.org @sciencecareers.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social
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As an early-career researcher, I loved doing outreach. So I made it my career
“My new path wasn’t as straightforward as the academic route,” this educator writes
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January 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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“When I'm engrossed in a good book, I can temporarily switch off and explore a different world.”

In this #ScienceWorkingLife, a Ph.D. student discovers the benefits of novels after shifting his extracurricular reading habits. Learn more on #BookLoversDay: https://scim.ag/4xo7UWZ
To escape the stress of grad school, I read fiction
August 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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"When a conversation slows, I no longer see it as a sign of failure. I see it as evidence that we are finally doing the harder work of understanding one another." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4x9jwgp
An illustration of a woman standing between two word bubbles. Headline is: "Paying attention to awkward silences has made me a better teacher and collaborator."
August 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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"… I have learned that this evolving world doesn’t have to be the end for the science I love. I can embrace the blocks of code without losing the rocks that brought me here in the first place." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/3TTfKJD
An illustration of a man leading a mechanical dog, with text: How I use AI in my geology research without losing the science I love
July 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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"Sometimes, the most useful thing to do is not to stop the tears, but to notice what they might be telling us about a person—and about the work lives we share." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4gJ46e3
An illustration of a man reaching his hands across a desk to another man who is crying, with text: How I hold space for crying in the workplace
July 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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"Our real duty as teachers has always been challenging students to think. The task now is finding ways to engage them in the painful, essential work of critical thinking in a world where machines are willing to do it for them." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4vKqh8k
An illustration of a man writing on a paper with a large pen shaped like the letter I, with text: Instead of banning AI, I made a classroom contract with my students
July 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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"I spent years waiting for permission to be more than a cog in the machine, only to find the machine had no safety net for me. Now, I know there’s no shame in diversifying my value." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/3Qs3eQj
An illustration of a man juggling a basketball, football, and soccer ball. Text reads: How a medical crisis spurred me to become an academic entrepreneur
June 29, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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"As I sat at my desk wrestling with the grant proposal I was coordinating, I could feel my eyes glaze over. … But just then an unlikely lab member offered a reprieve: my dog, Zazil." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4evO2cN
An illustration of three people and a dog, with text that reads: What my dog taught me about leading a lab
June 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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"[My mother] chose bravery over caution in order to achieve her goals. The lesson was not to guard against every risk, but to press forward anyway, even when it meant being vulnerable." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4vcZnpe
An illustration of a woman looking at another woman dressed in a suit of armor, with text: To succeed in my Ph.D., I had to rethink my mother’s story
June 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM