] Ah, science! Ennobling. Fascinating. Deeply challenging.
] Also, dangerous, gross and mind-bogglingly boring. We at
] Popular Science are sometimes brought up short by the
] realization that there are aspects of science%u2014entire
] jobs, even%u2014that, when you strip away the imposing
] titles and advanced degrees, sound at best distasteful
] and at worst unbearable. Having chosen last month our
] second annual Brilliant 10%u2014a group of dynamic
] researchers making remarkable discoveries%u2014we turned
] to this pressing question: For the rest out there, just
] how bad can a science job get?
]
]
] The answer: Really, really bad.
]
]
] We solicited nominations from more than a thousand
] working scientists and culled the list for the most
] noxious. Then we voted. Which is to say, there is
] absolutely nothing scientific about the ranking of the
] worst jobs in science that appears on these pages; it is
] simply the collective opinion of a group of alternately
] awestruck and disturbed editors who rarely suffer
] anything worse on the job than keyboard- induced
] repetitive-motion syndrome.