A comic with five panels. Panel 1: A woman stands in front of a board with writing on it. She says: "I'm supposed to give you the tools to do good science." Panel 2: She gestures while two students sit at desks facing her. She says: "But what ARE those tools? Methodology is hard and there are so many ways to get incorrect results. What is the magic ingredient that makes for good science?" Panel 3: She is now standing beside the board, which is showing bullet points. She says: "To figure it out, I ran a regression with all the factors people say are important:" Written on the board is the following: Outcome variable - Correct scientific results Predictors: - Collaboration - Skepticism of others’ claims - Questioning your own beliefs - Trying to falsify hypotheses - Checking citations - Statistical rigor - Blinded analysis - Financial disclosure - Open data Panel 4: She continues explaining: "The regression says two ingredients are the most crucial: 1) Genuine curiosity about the answer to a question, and 2) Ammonium hydroxide" Panel 5: A student at a desk responds: "Wait, why did ammonia score so high? How did it even get on the list?" The woman enthusiastically replies, arms raised: "...And now you're doing good science!" Hidden text: "If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity."

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