Watson & Crick for the double helix. Doudna & Charpentier for CRISPR. Karikó & Weissman for RNA vaccines… Do two people think better than one or even many? Itai Yanai and Martin J. Lercher suggest so in Nature Biotechnology.

“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. 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.” At this link, you can read their arguments on the power of creative thinking in pairs.