Which Political Party Is More Science-Friendly? Maybe Not the One You Think
Time, September 18, 2025

AI Enters the Grant Game, Picking Winners
Science, August 29, 2025

The Impact of Faculty Tenure on Research Output Explored in New Study
Forbes, July 28, 2025

How Getting Tenure Changes Researchers’ Publication Habits — and Citations
Nature, July 22, 2025

Shifting Research Focus Comes with the Risk of Reduced Impact
Nature, May 28, 2025

The ‘Pivot Penalty’: Scientists Get Cited Less After Switching Fields, Analysis Finds
Nature, May 28, 2025

Are Groundbreaking Science Discoveries Becoming Harder to Find?
Nature, May 22, 2025

ScienceAdviser: Republicans and Democrats Use Science Differently (and Democrats Use It More)
Science, April 29, 2025

How Democrats and Republicans Cite Science: Study Reveals Stark Differences
Nature, April 24, 2025

Northwestern, Kellogg School Land $25 Million for New Institute
Crain’s Chicago Business, February 12, 2025

Scientific Papers that Mention AI Get a Citation Boost
Nature, October 17, 2024

Funded by the Same $480 Million Gift as Stadium Proposal, Ryan Institute Launches at Northwestern
Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2024

Congress Is Using More Science, but the Two Parties Rarely Cite the Same Studies
Science, March 11, 2024

Four Lessons on Going from Dreamers to Global Leaders
Forbes, January 10, 2024

A Nobel Prize Might Lower a Scientist’s Impact
The New York Times, October 1, 2023

Northwestern’s Kellogg School Is Establishing a New $25 Million Institute for Studying Complexity Science. Here’s What You Need to Know
Fortune, September 11, 2023

Failure Is an Art and How To Do It, Or Avoid It, Like a Champion
Forbes, September 5, 2023

Why We Need More Women Doing Cancer Research
Forbes, February 23, 2023.

What Happened to All of Science’s Big Breakthroughs?
The New York Times, January 17, 2023

‘Disruptive’ Science Has Declined—and No One Knows Why
Nature, January 4, 2023

Pandemic Led to Historic Drop in U.S. STEM Ph.D. Graduates, New Data Suggest
Science, October 19, 2022

Broader Scope Is Key to the Future of ‘Science of Science’ 
Nature Human Behavior, July 21, 2022

Women Scientists Don’t Get Authorship They Should, New Study Suggests
Science, June 22, 2022.

Pivot into COVID-19 Research Eases as Publishing Surge Starts to Level Off
Science, May 17, 2022

A High-Speed Scientific Hive Mind Emerged from the COVID Pandemic
Scientific American, March 1, 2022

COVID-19 Affected Female and Early-Career Scientists More, Study Shows
Washington Post, January 16, 2022

The COVID Pandemic Has Harmed Researcher Productivity—and Mental Health
Nature, November 9, 2021

Hot Streaks in Your Career Don’t Happen by Accident
The Atlantic, November 1, 2021

The Pandemic’s Slowing of Research Productivity May Last Years—Especially for Women and Parents
Science, October 26, 2021

Scientists Identify Key Conditions to Set Up a Creative ‘Hot Streak’
The Guardian, September 13, 2021

The Secret to Success? Mastering the Art of Patience
Time, September 8, 2021

Scientific Success by Numbers
Nature, May 3, 2021

How Science Beat the Virus and What It Lost in the Process
The Atlantic, January/February 2021

The Bold Ideas to Tackle Today’s Toughest Global Challenges: Announcing the 2021 Thinkers50 Radar Class
Forbes, January 25, 2021

COVID Has Laid Bare the Inequities That Face Mothers in STEM
Scientific American, December 23, 2020

COVID’s Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
Forbes, September 18, 2020

COVID-19’s Effects on Women in Science Intensify Disparities
Forbes, August 21, 2020

Women in Science May Suffer Lasting Career Damage from COVID-19
Scientific American, August 12, 2020

Pandemic Hits Scientist Parents Hard
Science, August 7, 2020

Productivity in a Pandemic
Science, August 7, 2020

The Pandemic Is Hitting Scientist Parents Hard, and Some Solutions May Backfire
Science, July 31, 2020

Scientists Fall Foul of Nobel Curse
The Times, April 22, 2020

Virtual NASCAR, Peloton Racing With PGA Pros, Predicting Fan Behavior, And More (audio)
Only A Game, NPR, April 17, 2020

Don’t Fail Fast—Fail Smart
Forbes, February 21, 2020

The Lasting Lesson of this Super Bowl: Failure Is Necessary
Washington Post, February 4, 2020

The Tipping Point Between Failure and Success
HBR IdeaCast, December 10, 2019 

Why Failure Leads to Career Success
Forbes, November 20, 2019

Failure Found to Be an “Essential Prerequisite” for Success
Scientific American, October 30, 2019

How Early-Career Setbacks Can Set You Up for Success
The New York Times, October 27, 2019

Career Setbacks Can Help Your Performance, But Hurt Your Pay
Bloomberg Opinion, October 23, 2019

The Obstacles That Speed and Slow Our Path
Undercover Economist, Financial Times, May 17, 2019

In Science, Grit Counts as Well as Talent
The Economist, May 9, 2019

How the Data Mining of Failure Could Teach Us the Secrets of Success
MIT Technology Review, March 29, 2019

Where Do Disruptive Ideas Happen? Not on a Big Team
Bloomberg Opinion, February 20, 2019

It Takes More Than Members to Make a Team
Forbes, February 15, 2019

Can Big Science Be Too Big?
The New York Times, February 13, 2019

Small Teams of Scientists Have Fresher Ideas
The Atlantic, February 13, 2019

Worried You’ve Missed Out on a ‘Hot Streak’ in Life? It May Be Just Around the Corner
TODAY, October 12, 2018

Feel Like You Haven’t Hit Your Peak Yet? It’s Never Too Late
The New York Times, October 8, 2018

When to Stick with Something—and When to Quit
Harvard Business Review, September 28, 2018

Predicting Scientific Success
Nature, September 19, 2018

Researchers Looked at Career ‘Hot Streaks’ of 30,000 Successful People — Here’s What They Found
CNBC, September 18, 2018

Science Is Trying to Understand the Secrets of Creative Hot Streaks
Wired, July 13, 2018

Your Purple Patch of Creativity Can Come at Any Time, Researchers Say
The Times, July 12, 2018

From Artists to Scientists, Anyone Can Have a Successful Streak at Any Time
Nature, July 11, 2018

Las Rachas De Exito No Dependen De Aumentar El Esfuerzo, Sino Que Llegan Por Azar
EL PAÍS, July 11, 2018

Are You Too Old to Find Success? 
The Guardian, December 16, 2016

Don’t Give Up: Older People Can Have Creative Breakthroughs
Washington Post, December 10, 2016

We’re Learning to Predict Who Will Have the Greatest Career Impact
Forbes, December 8, 2016

Study Shows Youth Isn’t the Key to Making a Mark
Next Avenue, Forbes, November 4, 2016

Scientists Can Publish Their Best Work at Any Age
Nature, November 3, 2016

Is a Scientific Career Predictable? (video)
Nature, November 3, 2016

When It Comes to Success, Age Really Is Just a Number
The New York Times, November 3, 2016

See How the Most Influential Science Comes in Waves
Wired, November 3, 2016 

Hey Scientists, How Much of Your Publication Success Is Due to Dumb Luck?
Science, November 3, 2016

The Science of Success in Science
Scientific American, November 3, 2016

‘Sleeping Beauty’ Papers Slumber for Decades
Nature, May 25, 2015

Why Climb the Greasy Pole? 
The Economist, May 10, 2014

How Information Flows During Emergencies
Emerging Technology from the arXiv, MIT Technology Review, January 15, 2014

Hot Stuff
Nature Physics, December 2, 2013

Which of These Breakthroughs Will Still Matter in 20 Years? 
The Boston Globe, October 7, 2013, October 4, 2013

Future Science
Science, October 4, 2013

Formula Predicts Research Papers’ Future Citations
Nature, October 3, 2013