LAB RATS

摘要

When people tell me they find science boring, I can understand where they are coming from. But they have been taken in by one of the most successful cover-ups of all time. Science and those who practise it are careful to portray themselves as logical, responsible, objective, rational, straight - in a nutshell, unhuman. But look at the history of science, and you will find scientists often do extraordinary things to achieve their goals. They take drugs, fight with one another, steal each other's ideas, commit fraud and character assassination and generally behave all too humanly. Here are some of science's most unconventional moments, in no particular order.