Eight Attributes of Highly Successful Postdocs

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Young professors share tips on how postdoctoral researchers can choose the right lab position and make the most of it with the goal of university employment. Researchers should try to pick an area of interest that melds with an area with growth potential, should stick with a field that they love, and should be prepared to explain what they can contribute to a lab. Five more tips are discussed.

United States, Employment, Scientists, Postgraduate education

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Eastern Europe's Social Science Renaissance

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Social science research is being revitalized in Eastern Europe following the fall of communism. Research institutes were primarily propaganda tools under communism, but help from the West in the form of visiting scholars and funds from private foundations is aiding the revival of social science disciplines.

Eastern Europe, Research, Social science research

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A New Look Into Neandertals' Noses

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Anthropologists are interested in the similarities between Neanderthals and modern humans. They agree that Neanderthals had large noses that were high, wide, and projecting, because of the shape of the nose hole. Anthropologists are studying Neanderthal nose in breathing and energy use.

Analysis, History, Human beings, Humans, Neanderthals, Neanderthal man, Nose

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