Research Ethics Pillows

Pure Research, Somewhat Sullied Research, and Totally Craven, Profit-Driven Research.

"We found the vaccine for covid-19!"

"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?"

"We need to make some cuts. We'll start with integrity, accountability, openness, and transparency."

Ethics exam cheater.

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

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

Squeezing the Free Press.

"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."

Church leader at desk has 3 boxes marked 'Black', 'White' and 'Gray Area'.

"I guess it's ethical. Let me run it through my 'Ethics Check' app."

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

"It's a memo from the legal department reminding us to (heh-heh), 'keep our noses clean'."

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

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

"Think you're pretty manly, eh? OK, put the gun down and let's have a fair fight."

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

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

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

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?'

'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...'

"Too 'Book of Genesis'?"

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