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Science is becoming less disruptive. Is an aging workforce to blame?
Most researchers conduct their more disruptive work early in their careers, but as they age, they tend to abandon that groundbreaking energy

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According to STAT’s source item, Science is becoming less disruptive. Is an aging workforce to blame?, Most researchers conduct their more disruptive work early in their careers, but as they age, they tend to abandon that groundbreaking energy
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