field work horror stories | IFLScience
Field work is one of the best and worst things a scientist can do. By its nature it involves a lot of time outside, something in the time of COVID many are probably chomping at the bit to enjoy. However, that can involve a number of terrains and weather systems which some people couldn’t be paid to endure. It also brings with it some of nature's less hospitable species requiring jewelry-melting deet to keep the (occasionally diseased) bloodsuckers at bay, and don’t even get me started on the price of inoculations. However, as anyone who’s ever had the privilege of carrying out field re...
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