The player starts the game with one scientistScientist. New scientists Scientists can be bought for diamonds Diamonds and one additional scientist Scientist can be earned by researching the Doppelganger technology in the [[Black Hole#Dark Matter Institute| Dark Matter Institute]]. There is no limit to how many scientists Scientists a player can have, but each consecutive purchase of a scientist Scientist increases its price.

Scientists are required to produce resources, evolve bacteriaBacteria, irradiate evolved bacteria Evolved Bacteria and bacteria Bacteria colonies, and to clean the lab after bacteria Bacteria mutation.After researching the Quantum Leap technology at the Dark Matter Institute, each idle scientist Scientist also doubles the player's [[BPS]].

Before Version 1.0.0, scientists Scientists were called laborants.