NPR: Linkfest: The 10 Worst Jobs in Science

Linkfest: The 10 Worst Jobs in Science

English majors regretting it all, take heart: Maybe you didn't become a scientist like mama wanted, but at least you didn't end up as a whale-feces researcher. That's number 10 on a new list of worst jobs in science.

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The 10 worst jobs in science/ Stonehenge used as cemetery from the beginning/ Navy hopes to solve WWII plane mystery/ "Uncontacted tribe" sighted in Amazon/ Marine removed from duty over Bible coin reports

Laura Conaway

8:01 AM ET | 05-30-2008 | permalink

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As a teenager, my wife worked summers in a university science lab her mom was a tech in. Many years later, she once started a conversation with me by saying, out of nowhere, "I know how to snap a mouse's neck with a pencil."

Sent by Stewart | 11:11 AM ET | 05-30-2008

Open question, has anyone ever had Microsoft respond to you when you sent them that information? I don't believe anyone has, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.

Sent by Matthew Scallon | 1:57 AM ET | 05-31-2008

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