Although most people reading this essay are probably already interested in scientific integrity and the ethical issues involved in research, I have to admit that before entering the research world, I had not given the issue any real consideration. Even as a prospective student applying to graduate schools, my thoughts were of the exciting new ideas I would be introduced to and the amount of work ...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Early on in doing my PhD, roughly around the time I set up an experiment for the 20th time that failed to work for no conceivable reason, I realised that a future in scientific research was perhaps not for me. What I really wanted was a chance to combine the science that I had studied with communications activities such as scientific writing and promotion, and science PR...
