• Question: Is there anything you do not like about science?

    Asked by anon-231259 to Tom, Steven, Jessica, Haafizah, Clio, Bruno Silvester on 20 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-231251.
    • Photo: Steven Rudder

      Steven Rudder answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      Sometimes science can be repetitive. To make sure your discoveries are real you have to repeat experiments lot of times. These experiments can be large including thunderheads of samples. So being honest it can be a little boring at times, but when you have your results it is very exciting.

    • Photo: Bruno Silvester Lopes

      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      When experiments don’t work. It can be frustrating actually…

    • Photo: Clio Andreae

      Clio Andreae answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      Failed experiments and repetitive work are the worst bits. More often than not a experiment doesn’t work as planned or a drug that works beautifully in initial experiments fails to work in more complex settings.

    • Photo: Jessica Mitchell

      Jessica Mitchell answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      Similar to what the other scientists have said, it can be repetative. If you are analysing 300 samples you need to use the same method to keep your results consistant but this means you need to do the same thing 300 times! This can make it hard to focus if you having a bad day or you are tired and then mistakes can happen which is obviously very annoying.

    • Photo: Tom Snelling

      Tom Snelling answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      experiments that take a long time that fail… some experiments take several days to weeks

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