Social Research Pillows

The client would prefer fewer open-ended questions.

A survey taker distills the voices of the many into his ear.

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

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

Opportunities in Coronatimes

Lynching on social media

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

'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

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

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

'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!"

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

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

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."

Rich man vomiting euros to a beggar.

Oligarchy

'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...'

Do your research!

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

'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."

Scientists are sexy