• Question: What is your favourite science

    Asked by AsteroidJM to Darren, Andres, Catherine, Ellie, Samantha on 4 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Inanna, ALFIEC74.
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      Darren Rhodes answered on 4 Nov 2016:

      Hi there. Good evening!

      My favourite science is neuroscience. We have a great, rich and detailed understanding of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, planetary science and engineering – however, we know more about the stars, mars and cars than we do about our own brains. We are really in an exciting time at the moment, as every year, more and more is being revealed about the brain – however at the moment there is one huge question that no-one really knows the answer to: What is consciousness? Why and how does it exist?

      We know a lot about our external universe, but hardly know anything about our internal-universe.

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      Ellie Paige answered on 5 Nov 2016:

      My favourite science is epidemiology. This is about understanding patterns and causes of disease within populations. A lot of modern medical knowledge relies on understanding how and why diseases occur and how they spread. If we understand this we can develop or improve treatments for diseases but also prevent diseases from occurring in the first place.

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      Andres Olivares del Campo answered on 6 Nov 2016:

      My favorite subject is particle Physics, this is, studying the interactions between matter like electrons and protons and understanding what the universe is made of. I think this is very exciting because it allows us to understand what happens around us at the fundamental level and therefore, to really understand why things happen the way they do.

      Sometimes we might thing that we know everything there is to know about what matter is made of and how matter interacts with each other. However, out all the stuff that there is in the universe (stars, planets, galaxies, galaxy clusters, etc), we only understand and observe less than 5 % of the total!!! This means, there is still 95% of “something” in the universe which we can’t see and we really have no idea of what it is! In addition, there are still many unanswered questions about things that we know occur for sure, but have no explanation for. Like for example, why do neutrinos have mass, what is the nature of Dark Matter and how did the universe evolve?

      I think this is very exciting because it allows us to understand why we are here and really comprehend the way nature works!

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      Samantha Watson answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      I think physics is the coolest science – though maybe that makes me a bit of a geek? However, I don’t think physics was my best science at school, even though I went on to do a physics degree. I got into biology quite late as I didn’t do it at O’level (yes, I’m old enough to have O’levels, not GCSEs), but went straight into A’level biology. And I did think it was pretty awesome, but it was physics that won my heart and made me want to be a scientist.

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      Catherine Wigley answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      My favourite science is transfusion science, I love learning all the details of different blood groups and unique blood group ‘antigens’ on the red cell surface that can cause problems in people require a blood transfusion or during pregnancy. The more clinical side of science has always interested me, and I really enjoyed working on research into new anti-platelet (small blood cells which aid blood clotting) drugs for my masters project.

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