Scientists Censor What They Study to Avoid Controversy and 'Lunatic-Proof' Their Lives, Researchers Find

By LILA GUTERMAN

Unwritten social and political rules affect what scientists in many fields study and publish, according to a paper published today in Science, and those constraints are even more prevalent than formal constraints, such as government or university regulations.

The paper...

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