Quotes About Research

no classes or exams, just acres of time in which to research and write—had swiftly revealed itself to be a glorified form of orphanhood.

Most people regarded Psychology as a science. Some called it a soft science, but those making such a distinction grew fewer by the year.

In the past ten years there had been truly amazing advances in those areas of research – psychopharmacology, biochemistry, psychosurgery, clinical psychology – that directly and indirectly contributed to the less reputable but nonetheless hotly pursued science of mind control.

possibility of drastically extending the human life span.

Dorian Purcell, working with a federal agency, funded a reckless research project into the engineering of the human genome and sited the work in rural Utah—but now people were dying here. Progress was real progress only when it evolved naturally and thoughtfully from the history of human experience and accumulated wisdom. When it was imposed in contempt for that experience and wisdom, then progress was in fact radical destruction.

Moloch. That's the code name that Ringrock's masters of science have given to the subject of their research

They were conducting an experiment to learn to what extent sound has an effect, positive or negative, on algae.

Other mysteries have been untangled. Redheads are known to feel pain especially acutely. This confused researchers until someone realized that the same genetic mutation that causes red hair also increases sensitivity to pain. One study found that redheaded patients require about 20 percent more general anesthesia than brunettes.

Bettinger bought his first genetic test in 2003. A few years later he launched a blog—The Genetic Genealogist—with the aim of explaining the science behind the tests in simple language.

I can't say that exhaustive research and reporting will guarantee a great story, but I've never been able to pull one off without it.

did you know that way back in the 1980s some scientists proposed an ambitious effort called the Human Protein Project to map all human proteins? It never happened. Instead, the NIH backed the Human Genome Project for one big reason: Proteins were tough to study, while genes were far easier to sequence. The tools dictate the science.

The Internet is dumb. The Internet, with all its access to brain research, anthropology journals, social studies networks, and biographies and autobiographies, can't begin to map the complexity of our lives, or how we each affect others.

The Antarctic Peninsula, the thin finger of land pointing north toward Argentina (and the equator) has been getting warmer. We've heard an inordinate amount of hoopla about the warming on the peninsula, which makes up less than 3 percent of the Antarctic's land area. That's because (1) that is where most of the scientists and thermometers are; and (2) it is the only part showing any agreement with the Greenhouse Theory. The other 97 percent of Antarctica has been cooling since the mid-1960s.

You know historians - can't leave a puzzle alone

It is for this reason that a scientist constructs hypotheses—suggestions for the cause of an observation. But a hypothesis must never be confused with an explanation—with proof.

It is not the place of science to insist on explanation—but only to observe, in hopes that the explanation will manifest itself.

You know what scholars are like; no conscience at all when it comes to their own field, let alone a sense of social delicacy.

Science is about applying what we know and asking what we don't know.

I only ever wanted to do history, and make documentaries.

I did some research into domestic violence, and there were some stories that will stay me with forever.

Too many women are dying needlessly from ovarian cancer.

Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants.

There's an element of ego to writing the Riddler. You research a lot of things that you end up jettisoning as a writer, and Riddler was a lot of fun to get to have that sort of annoying know-it-all personality lording over the city. He's a lot of fun to write about.

I think with every book you realize you are partway through and there is something really elementary that you should have researched.