Overheard in Harvard Square

"...and science on television! 'Oooh, let's run a PCR!' and then the screen goes black, and three hours later... results! It's like cooking show science - 'Now, let's take a look at these fake results that I prepared earlier...'"

"This is why we don't have our mothers review our projects. 'This is a very interesting idea, but have you considered having children?'"