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A viral simulator game turned career anxiety into gameplay, attracting 600,000 players in three weeks. Now it's sparking conversations worldwide about fixing research culture's stress and metrics obsession.
Scientists struggling to focus amid global crises are finding relief through community support and constructive action. Mental health experts say these strategies help researchers cope with news overwhelm while maintaining their work.
A growing network of educators across Europe, North America, and Asia has identified five concrete solutions to make academic workplaces healthier and more supportive. Their goal: keep talented researchers from leaving academia by fixing toxic cultures before it's too late.
A public health professor is slashing his annual research output from 15 papers to just seven, betting that quality beats quantity in science. His radical move challenges a system where some researchers now pump out more than 60 papers yearly.
