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Education: The gamble of a PhD hiatus

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Pressure to barrel through a PhD can make taking a break seem daunting — but there are ways to limit career damage.

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Brown, E. Education: The gamble of a PhD hiatus. Nature 539, 457–459 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7629-457a

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