• Question: what is your favourite science?

    Asked by big dan to Ted, S. S., Laura, Kevin, Ellen, Andrea on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Ted Burke

      Ted Burke answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      Originally, I much preferred physics to the other sciences, but now I see amazing aspects to all of them. I’m especially interested in particle physics and trying to understand the fundamental nature of reality, so I read and watch a lot of YouTube videos about that stuff. Over time, I’ve realised that chemistry really overlaps with physics a lot at that level.

      As a biomedical engineer, I’d love to have a better understanding of biology too. I’m ok with some parts of it, but I could always use a better understanding of the human body. The stuff I understand best about the human body is the electrical stuff that’s closest to my own area (measuring electrical signals from the human body) but I’d love to know more about the brain, the eye, human evolution, genetics and human fitness.

      Ok, so I didn’t really end up picking one favourite science there.

    • Photo: Andrea Pacheco

      Andrea Pacheco answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I would say astronomy is fascinating. But when it comes to cool stuff we can see and experience on earth optics and fotonics!
      Have a look of opto-genetics, could you believe we can activate movements in the body of mice (like they start running in circles) just by shinning blue light under the skull?. Or have a look of bio luminescent alga.

    • Photo: Laura Farina

      Laura Farina answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I’ve always loved astronomy! But I think my biggest love is physics, especially electromagnetism: it is so fascinating. Electromagnetism rules the interaction between object with waves that we cannot see; and the laws and the equations describing electromagnetism are also so precise and trustworthy!

    • Photo: Kevin OBrien

      Kevin OBrien answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      Physics is my favourite of the core science subject.
      I’ve always found it was the easiest for me to understand, and some of the applications of it, and the experiments, are very interesting

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