I would recommend for everybody to think about those two things: curiosity and how you want to spend your life.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Interview with Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American (June 16, 2026); Complete sentence from advice to early-career scientists. The sentence explicitly names both things it recommends considering; no surrounding editorial ellipses are incorporated. Full original interview read.
- Interview with Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American (June 16, 2026)
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