Taxonomy is of course a science. It scrapes the bottom of the science
barrel but it technically still classes as a science :-). In the world
of publish or perish, you've got buckley's chance of getting any
scientist to wait longer than necessary to publish new names. With
competition for grants and the possibility of someone else publishing
first, I don't know if you can blame them for shouting out loud when
they find or make up ;-) a new species.
Andrew