Surveys Like This Are Useful for the Scientific Workforce

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The 20 21 survey showed that salary satisfaction has increased since the survey was last done in two thousand and 18 a majo y of respondents are actually satisfied with their salaries. Almost one an five say that they make less than 30 thousands usa. Year, nine % make less than 15 thousand dollars a year. And when you look closer that, seven percent of full professors say they making less than 15000 dollars a year,. which is something that is just really shocking to think about.

The Nature salary and satisfaction survey reveals researchers' outlook, and NASA’s test of planetary defences.

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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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