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Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript. Advertisement Nature Biotechnology volume 42, pages 18–19 (2024)Cite this article 32k Accesses 3 Citations 671 Altmetric Metrics details You have full access to this article via Massachusetts Institute of Technology At the heart of science is a creative ‘night science’ process, in which we haphazardly cobble together the ideas that will become its future building blocks1,2. Despite the variety of creative approaches practiced by different scientists, one tried-and-true — though often overlooked — trick for generating new ideas stands out. It may sound trivial, yet it is as reliable as it is simple: talk to someone. By t

Subjects Education Lab life Access through your institution Buy or subscribe At the heart of science is a creative ‘night science’ process, in which we haphazardly cobble together the ideas that will become its future building blocks 1 , 2 . Despite the variety of creative approaches practiced by different scientists, one tried-and-true — though often overlooked — trick for generating new ideas stands out. It may sound trivial, yet it is as reliable as it is simple: talk to someone. By talking with other people, we not only pool the information or ideas that each of us individually lacks, but

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