Therefore, although the list was not generated in a precisely scientific fashion, I did personally conduct a cursory, but not extensively thorough, review of each. (fastgraphs.com)
Motivated by the promise of research grants and the potential kudos that comes from being involved in the latest scientific fashion, many scientists have made careers out of trying to prove what the politicians require and what the media want to publish. (climatescience.org.nz)
As Baltimore describes them (having worked with both), they follow the data rather than the scientific fashions; they are both technically adept in the laboratory; and «they have never been ambitious to the point of its getting in the way of reality.» (discovermagazine.com)