1. Some scientists feel territorial about their projects and don’t like anyone else to contribute to their project, or work on the same type of project. Sir Lawrence Bragg did not want Watson and Crick “fishing in other people’s ponds” and getting information from other scientists’ experiments. He knew that other scientists were experimenting to discover the structure of DNA and he did not want them to work on this project. Science being territorial has its advantages and disadvantages. When scientists keep their work to themselves and do not share ideas, they are not influenced by other scientist’s beliefs and have accurate information. When scientists share their ideas with one another, they are able to discuss their discoveries and learn more about the topic they are experimenting with. I think that territoriality is unethical. Scientist should be able to share their ideas with one another so that they can get a broader understanding from other scientists theories and ideas about the topic.

2. Anne Sayre was not wrong to criticize Watson and Crick for their medical findings. Although the article does not give detail of how Watson and Crick obtained the information from Rosalind Franklin's, it does state that the information was not obtained in a sneaky way. After Watson and Crick obtained Franklin's information and used it for their benefit, they did not credit Franklin for her work. We agree that Anne Sayre was right in publishing the novel and her opinions in it. Watson and Crick could have credited Franklin for her work.

3. Because Rosalind Franklin was a very smart female scientist in a time when women were not important in society, she received great amounts of criticism from fellow scientist and parts of society. Franklin was probably not used to sharing her work very often because this case does not seem like the first time others were credited for her work. Although Franklin may have been tormented by other scientist, she should not have been unwilling to share her work. Scientists work together to brainstorm ideas, and Franklin should have been prepared for the difficulties she would endure for choosing a career new to women.

4. A major Ethical problem with credit for a scientific discovery going to the first(s) who publish it is the amount of trust being put to believe that the publisher(s) is the person who has actually done the research and is not plagiarizing from unpublished work. A scientific discovery of any importance should merit receiving even fractional credit for it, or being listed as one of the authors of the research paper that it describes.

5. A scientist should have the right to withhold any information or results. A scientist can relinquish any information that they believe will be necessary to other projects if they wish. They should also be able to keep their research private from any competing groups if they feel the need to.