skipping science

I'm loving the illustration assignments from Seed magazine: They tend to be on topics absolutely beyond the realm of my mundane daily life.

Last week I received a story about the trend of researchers who bypass the peer-review process and take their findings immediately to the press. It's fascinating stuff, and no, I'm actually not being sarcastic (for once). I loved science all the way through high school, even though our affair ended in tears come college biology. I'm still scarred.

Anyway, the doodle I eventually arrived at only incororated about 70 percent of my original drawing. It's been a learning process for me lately on what to leave out.

Here's the finished product:
Skipping Peer Review