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The 10 Best Fictional Laboratories, Ranked

What's the best fictional laboratory? Is it Batman's cave or Lost's Dharma Initiative? Find out in our ranking.

By Colin Lecher

Posted on Aug 30, 2013

The Batcave! Because the World's Greatest Detective needs a lab, for analyzing blood samples and also for metaphysical brooding. Science cred: Believable, in some ways. A supercomputer that can globally monitor the world's citizens? Check. But how much it counts as a lab is debatable--Batman uses the lab for a lot more than science. The giant dinosaur housed there is not for experiments, sadly. Greenway Productions/20th Century Fox Television

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