Much of the time, especially after a string of long nights in the lab, you may feel as if you’re navigating the dark and stormy waters of research all alone, with a broken compass and no land in sight. But help is at hand, and you don’t have to go it alone if you don’t want to. Take advantage of the experience and creativity of the others in your lab by asking them to try an experiment in parallel thinking.

Link (Science Careers, 06/2007)