Best, Worst Jobs for Health

A healthy job is about more than just avoiding hazards, like dangerous material and machines.

Why I'm Not Trying to Raise the Next Steve Jobs

My father, still mourning the fact that none of his children went into medicine or investment banking, has been passing along selected stories from The Wall Street Journal , with an expectant preface: "I think you’ll find this interesting ." I’ve been informed that "Chinese Parents Are Superior," "French Parents Are Superior," and most recently, given a primer on " Educating the Next Steve Jobs ...

Action Line: How to spot job-placement scams

Dear Action Line: Our college kid will soon come home from school to look for a job. Last year he got into a "traveling door-to-door sales job" that we got to pay for him to fly home from. What are the caveats on summer job hunting? - Ms. Money Tree, Tulsa

That 'feel-good-feeling' she gets from farming

The question began as a simple one: “Would you like to help me?” Doubts immediately crept into Nancy Hinricher’s mind to her dad’s question. It was April 1983. A decade had passed since Hinricher worked on the family farm. She had married; had lived in Idaho and Virginia; had a good government job.

3-D printing’s radical new world

The next generation of "Jetsons"-style machines could create guns, illegal keys, narcotics -- and even organs