Cool science jobs from cave explorers to forgery detectives

Being a integrative science professor may not sound like the coolest job in the world, but Hazel Barton would beg to differ. The Northern Kentucky University professor was able to travel to seven continents last year exploring caves.  Barton studies the hardy forms of life that thrive in cold, dark, seemingly barren reaches below the ground that are often referred to as “extremeophiles” by scientists. Barton is one of several scientists on a panel called “Cool Jobs” at next week’s World Science Festival in New York City.  She will be joined by Tyrone Hayes, a biologist from the University of California at Berkeley and Maurizio Seracini who examines works of Italian art. Read full article here.