Not sure if this fits the sub. This breaks the heart.

Hey everyone

Like many of you, my absolute passion is biology, and I really want to pursue it. My current plan is to go all the way to a Master’s degree, specifically focusing on biotechnology or bioinformatics.

However, seeing how frequently biology is cited as one of the most regretted degrees makes me very nervous. I don’t come from a wealthy background, so I don't have a financial safety net to just blindly "follow my passion" I need this degree to yield a stable, well paying career

Before I fully commit, I would love to get some honest insights from those already in the field:

- How difficult were your undergraduate and graduate studies? What is your biggest piece of advice for surviving the coursework?

- How is the hiring market looking right now? Do you predict things will improve or worsen over the next 5 years?

- Which specific field of biology is performing the best on the job market?

- Is the field stable? How much flexibility do you have regarding rwork, work life balance, or pivoting to other industries?

- Do you think it’s relatively AI-resistant?

I’m sorry about the amount of questions. I want to be 100% sure about my path, and if it doesn’t suit me I’ll stop looking into it now. I truly love biology, but I don’t wanna make it hard on my future self.
I appreciate any blunt, realistic feedback you can give me!

I've recently realized the brain is a truly wonderous organ and I wanted to try to understand it - its structure, how neurons work together to control personalities and movement and memories. But it all seems so hard and overwhelming. Anyone know a good place to start?

Title says it all TvT

I love science, biology, zoology and ecology. Soooo when I heard there was a science fair a raised my hand immediately. There's going to be all sorts of college professors there looking at my work and it will be an awesome opportunity for my future.

One small problem... I have no clue what to do.

I've heard of all these kinds of highschool students making ground breaking discoveries for their science fairs but I dont know shit. My only plan was something ecology related but I have no clue what. Im good at art so no matter what bullshit I make it'll at least look cool but that's not gonna get the attention of college professors when they see my dorky looking ass. And, it's not like I could make some epic robot or do some crazy experiments, I'm broke!

Idk what to do or what I'm even expecting by posting this TvT

(Edit, it's due March 1st so I've got time :p)

I am a Biology/Chemistry dual major within my University, and during my Sophomore year I took evolutionary Biology, which included some readings from Dawkins's work The Selfish Gene, which was extremely eloquent, and I enjoyed it greatly. I will admit that while reading Dawkins's work, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole in regards to the man himself, and discovered that he was once celebrated as a leading intellectual of the "New Atheism" movement and a very well-respected scientific communicator.

I attempted to look deeper into Dawkins's more recent work (as Selfish is from 1976, I believe), but it seems as if is scientific competence has become moreso as a 'science popularizer' than anything else, and he has been militantly spewing anti-religious rhetoric, which I personally have no problem with as I am not religious, but could be offensive to some individuals. I was then horrified by the man's recent alignment with more bigoted and hateful organizations and schools of thought, and saw that a lot of his comments on transgender people were quite disgusting considering his background and education.

All of this being said, do we still feel as though Dawkins's work (and his words) hold up? There are more than a few extremely important quotes from that perfectly summarize the fashion of science ("science is the poetry of reality"), and he has had some great contributions to the field of Biology, but is he still well-respected nowadays? I am curious because of how much I enjoyed his early work, and his thoughts on science.

I don't understand if Bio was shorter that maybe the contents will stick with me.

I don't like when ppl overexplains things....

Even calculus is easier that bio.