Rationing Researcher Gifts

"I'm hungry."

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

"My older self travels back just to remind me to put the cap back on this pen?"

"Good boy."

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

Fear/Knowledge

"Finally, after years of work, irrefutable proof that I'm a nerd."

"We're bringing the arts and sciences together here by giving crayons to mice."

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Wally Begins research for his thesis entitled "who's a good dog?"

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

'I pledge allegiance to the atom, and to the periodic table on which it stands, many particles indivisible, with orbitals and electrons for all.'

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

"Not only pharmaceuticals - we're also finding all sorts of industrial chemicals here."

Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies: The Science of Love

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

'We look for a new drug, we find a virus - we look for a new virus, we find a drug...'

'How can we believe anything when we can disprove everything?'

"I imagined the Library of Congress would be much bigger."

'Dr Hodges, here, is from England and he's been observing us for 14 years. Mr Ferrell, an American, has been here only 3 weeks. Monique Corveu, from Paris, has practically been living with us for about nine years...'

'It's all original research. I had no assistance when I looked it up on Wikipedia.'

Do your research!

"Eat not of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Its sources have yet to be verified."

'Great news, Dear! I've been traded to a think tank in California for a PhD Specializing in the Baltics!'

"I bet you're curious about what's going on in the R&D Department."

'Upon entering the rain forest...' 'Thousands of unknown species, and we can fool around with the genes of every one of them.'

Scientists are sexy

'Poor Kleinzweck -- his working hypothesis got laid off.'

"Quick! Act like we just developed a drug that they can sell for seven thousand dollars a pill."

Need Supercomputer to finish my PhD, Please Help.

"So, what does everyone think of XX81's suggestion for increased funding into AI research?"