On a subject no one wants to read about (about which no one wants to read?)

Long before I developed an interest in entomology, I had an interest in etymology—the study of word origins and evolution. An interest in word coinage is certainly compatible with a career in science. As a matter of course, scientists develop new concepts, discover new materials, invent new instruments, or describe new species, and have an ongoing need for new words to communicate with others about them. As scientific subjects have increasingly...