Megaflare seen on star surface

Abstract

Unpaid research jobs draw criticism Volunteer jobs are a rite of passage for many budding ecologists and wildlife biologists, but a website highlighting these unpaid positions calls them "unprofessional" and "exploitative". Alex Bond, a conservation biologist at the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science in Sandy, UK, created the Tumblr page 'Crap Wildlife "Jobs"' on 31 May (http:// crapwildlifevolunteerjobs.tumblr.com), and it already has supporters on Twitter. "Really cool (and necessary) initiative, " tweeted Julie Godbout, an environmental geneticist at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. "Do what you love AND get paid for it. " But Stephanie Stack, an environmental scientist with the Pacific Whale Foundation in Wailuku, Hawaii, which is featured on the page, says that unpaid internships give young scientists a chance to gain valuable experience and to make connections in the field.