Learning more about academic life doesn't necessarily make one want to live it -- at least for junior scientists.
That's the conclusion of a study based on a national survey of science doctoral students at American research universities. As they progressed through their Ph.D. programs, the attractiveness of academic careers decreased significantly, according to the study, to be published today in the journal PLoS ONE.
The survey was conducted of more than 4,100 doctoral students in the life sciences, chemistry or physics. …