Last week, I had the honour of being inducted as a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi – the not-for-profit which acts as the country’s national Academy of science, technology and the humanities.Having spent 10 years working there, mainly as director of the Science Media Centre, with a stint on the society’s executive team as well, the companions’ ceremony in Wellington felt like a homecoming of sorts.But being among some of our country’s most esteemed scientists again also left me uneasy. Would fellow...