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Daily briefing: Bad supervisors bump early-career researchers out of academia

Nature Tuesday 02 June 2026, 00:00 UTC By Flora Graham 1 min read
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Nature, Published online: 02 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01791-3Almost 40% of respondents to a survey said that their supervisor was disorganized and a poor communicator. Plus, promising results against a hard-to-treat cancer and whether AI will help or hinder social sciences.

Nature, Published online: 02 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01791-3

Almost 40% of respondents to a survey said that their supervisor was disorganized and a poor communicator. Plus, promising results against a hard-to-treat cancer and whether AI will help or hinder social sciences.
academia Nature (ORG) doi:10.1038 (ORG) AI (ORG) hinder social sciences (ORG)
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