http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog Get the latest career news for North American scientists updated throughout the week. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/check_out_the_new_science_careers_blog Go to the new Science Careers blog to get the latest job market news, career advice, and funding opportunities from Science Careers, and links to other stories about career success in the sciences. 2007-05-25 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/more_from_arizona_postdocs_and_retirement_plans The goveror of Arizona has signed into law a bill that would exclude postdocs from the state's mandatory retirement plan. 2007-05-23 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/scientists_as_patent_lawyers_alternative_careers_hit_the_mainstream Here's a sign that alternative careers for scientists have penetrated the public consciousness--an Associated Press article on scientists choosing careers as patent attorneys. 2007-05-23 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/u_s_passports_not_a_pretty_picture If you plan to travel outside the United States in the next few weeks, and you do NOT have a valid passport, you better hustle. 2007-05-18 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/hhmi_s_open_investigator_competition The deadline is approaching for the first-ever open competition to become a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, one of the sweetest gigs in science. 2007-05-11 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/feedback_on_a_tunnel_to_atlanta This is a comment on the article titled "A Tunnel to Atlanta", written by Beryl Lieff Benderly (4 May 2007). 2007-05-09 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/seeking_a_physics_postdoc_or_not American Institute of Physics produces "Workforce Trends" flyers including colorful, easy-to-grasp charts, and its Spring 2007 collection is available for free downloading. 2007-05-09 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/updates_to_the_grantsnet_guide_to_financing_your_research_exchange_in_india Martin Reddington, Director of Scientific Affairs and Communications at the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), pointed out a couple of errors in our discussion of HFSP's research funds involving India. 2007-04-27 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/flattened_by_the_boom This week in Focus, Science reports on the struggles of young investigators to get their work funded in the wake of a massive expansion of the biomedical research enterprise. 2007-04-19 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/americas/americas_weblog/feedback_on_moving_out_of_the_shadows The discussion in Elisabeth Pain`s "Moving Out of the Shadows: Publishing From the Rest of the World" points to the typical publishing scenario in Brazil, where the mother tongue is Portuguese. 2007-04-13