11.24.2021 - By Springer Nature Limited
The Nature salary and satisfaction survey reveals researchers' outlook, and NASA’s test of planetary defences.
In this episode: 00:45 Salary and satisfaction survey Like all aspects of life, scientific careers have been impacted by the pandemic. To get an insight into how researchers are feeling, Nature has conducted a salary and satisfaction survey. We hear from some of the respondents.
Careers Feature: Stagnating salaries present hurdles to career satisfaction
09:07 Research Highlights The physics of a finger snap, and the surprisingly strong silk of jumping spiders.
Research Highlight: It’s a snap: the friction-based physics behind a common gesture Research Highlight: High-speed spinning yields some of the toughest spider silk ever found
11:23 Briefing Chat We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, the plans to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid, and how baby formula is changing to better resemble breast milk.
Nature News: NASA spacecraft will slam into asteroid in first planetary-defence test Chemistry World: The science of breast milk and baby formula
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