Read this blog from an amazingly talented and imaginative scientist about how scientists use some day-to-day wares and instruments in a life science laboratory.
First of all, thank you to fellow sci-fi writer K.S. Watts for the title!
And now, on to post no. 2 for putting the ‘sci’ in your ‘fi’, part 1 of the mini-series, Beakers, Bunsen Burners and Budget Cuts!
If you’ve watched any sci-fi movie, you’re probably familiar with the following setting:
Super dark, blue-lit labs… (Image credit: jimmyjimjim)
Full of high-tech equipment… (Image credit: neisbeis)
Why do labs always look like this? Because it’s edgy. It’s dramatic. It’s exciting and photogenic.
It’s also incredibly expensive. And who can blame the author for wanting to set up a billion-dollar lab? Expensive, flashy toys are always exciting, not to mention they are apparently extremely effective at getting the job done. Vaccines can be discovered and mass-produced within a week, amiright?
But what if your character is not a trust fund baby with rich parents, and they want to set…
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