Pain, Tedium, Danger, Disgust, Humiliation—It’s all just part of the average workday for the (often proud, more often smelly) members of our third annual honor roll of the Worst Jobs in Science.
- Orangutan-Pee Collector
- NASA Ballerina
- Do-Gooder
- Semen Washer
- Volcanologist
- Nuclear-Weapons Scientist
- Extremophile Excavator
- Kansas Biology Teacher
- Manure Inspector
- Human Lab Rat
By John Galvin