Tango
From the US Department of Labor website, describing the working conditions of biological scientists:
Those who conduct research usually work in laboratories and use electron microscopes, computers, thermal cyclers, or a wide variety of other equipment. -- This is like saying that actors use shoes, microphones, toothbrushes and other totally random and unrelated pieces of equipment.
I'd love to know just what this piece of useless trivia is supposed to convey. Possibly the fact that somebody at the US Dept of Labor has googled "biology" and "equipment".
Some conduct experiments using laboratory animals or greenhouse plants. This is particularly true of botanists, physiologists, and zoologists. -- Ah yes. I can see those zoologists now, working on those good old greenhouse plants... Might explain "The Day of the Triffids".
Biological scientists usually work regular hours in offices or laboratories --
and usually are not exposed to unsafe or unhealthy conditions. -- Absolutely not, heaven forbid! Now excuse me while I go put away my tube of carcinogenic ultraviolet-sensitive dye, wheel out the radioactive isotope bin and breathe in another lungful of fungal spores. Woo-hoo for safe jobs with regular hours!
Tango
Those who conduct research usually work in laboratories and use electron microscopes, computers, thermal cyclers, or a wide variety of other equipment. -- This is like saying that actors use shoes, microphones, toothbrushes and other totally random and unrelated pieces of equipment.
I'd love to know just what this piece of useless trivia is supposed to convey. Possibly the fact that somebody at the US Dept of Labor has googled "biology" and "equipment".Some conduct experiments using laboratory animals or greenhouse plants. This is particularly true of botanists, physiologists, and zoologists. -- Ah yes. I can see those zoologists now, working on those good old greenhouse plants... Might explain "The Day of the Triffids".
Biological scientists usually work regular hours in offices or laboratories --
and usually are not exposed to unsafe or unhealthy conditions. -- Absolutely not, heaven forbid! Now excuse me while I go put away my tube of carcinogenic ultraviolet-sensitive dye, wheel out the radioactive isotope bin and breathe in another lungful of fungal spores. Woo-hoo for safe jobs with regular hours!
Tango