What is Research?
“Research is seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.” – Albert Szent-Györgyi
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Penicillin on the Shelf
“Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack.” – Alexander Fleming
Continue reading →Breaking Test Tubes
“I don’t come up with ideas in a test tube, I come up with ideas by breaking test tubes.” – Virgil Abloh
Continue reading →Latitude and Longitude
The teacher of the earth science class was lecturing on map reading. After explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees and minutes the teacher asked, “Suppose I asked you to meet me for lunch at 23 degrees, 4 minutes north latitude and … Continue reading →
Reaching 101% – The Beauty of Math
1 x 8 + 1 = 9 12 x 8 + 2 = 98 123 x 8 + 3 = 987 1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876 12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765 123456 x 8 + 6 … Continue reading →
Mathematicians Scolding Their Children
How do Mathematicians scold their children? They say, “If I told you n times, I’ve told you n+1 times…”
Continue reading →Our Planet is Fragile
“I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It’s fragile.” – Alan Shepard
Continue reading →Don’t Be Afraid of Science
“Don’t be afraid of where science takes you. Science is observable, testable, and repeatable. Science doesn’t have feelings, opinions or spin – we add those things.” – Greg Taunt
Continue reading →If You Fall
“If you fall, I’ll be there.” – The Floor
Continue reading →If I Had a Quarter
“If I had a quarter for every math test I failed, I would have $6.33 by now.”
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