• Question: WHat would you be if you weren’t in your selected field of science. What other field would you like to explore

    Asked by anon-283637 on 4 Mar 2021.
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      Jess Buddle answered on 4 Mar 2021:

      Hey, great question!
      I love microbiology, and i couldn’t imagine really doing anything else. If i did retire from science i would love to be a zoo keeper though as i love animals!

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      Tim Burrow answered on 4 Mar 2021:

      Ahhh, if I wasn’t involved with the heavy elements, I would look at making new compounds for different colour purposes! That was what I had done previously and was very enjoyable seeing all these new colour crystals be formed!

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      Felicity Hunter answered on 4 Mar 2021:

      Excellent question – it really got me thinking! I am super interested in diet and nutrition so I would like to research the effect of different types of diets on human health. 🙂

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      Karen Burstow answered on 5 Mar 2021:

      I’d like to learn more about space and other planets and galaxies. I find it so cool that they existed way before us humans did!

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      Chris Waller answered on 5 Mar 2021:

      If I wasn’t working in Chemistry I would probably like to be involved in Physics or Engineering – I am fascinated by all things space and astrophysics, but I also would love to design and build cool things like crazy buildings or robots!

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      Lizzie Pendlington answered on 5 Mar 2021:

      Hmmm good question! I am so lucky that with my job I can pretty much explore most fields of science as I communicate about a range of research. But my main area is biology which I really enjoy exploring but if I couldn’t do this then I would probably go into animal science as I did used to want to be a vet 🐱

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      Jonathan Willis answered on 5 Mar 2021: last edited 5 Mar 2021 10:28 am

      Right now I would probably want to explore ecology and the environmental impact we have on ecosystems around the world. If I left science altogether then I would work outdoors and become a kayak instructor and river leader.

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      Callum Thomas answered on 5 Mar 2021: last edited 5 Mar 2021 11:21 am

      Good question. I really like history and languages so I think I would probably study them. In fact I did study linguistics and history a bit in university as well as biology because I couldn’t decide which thing I liked the most!

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      Claire Price answered on 5 Mar 2021:

      I think I would love to go into robotics. I like to make robots in my spare time (only little ones) but I would love to learn more about them. But if I couldn’t do science at all, I’d like to be an electrician.

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      Ben Green answered on 5 Mar 2021:

      I’d always wanted to be a vet when I was younger, but now I quite enjoy the collaborative nature of the work that I do, I’d like to see it from the other side (not academia or public sector) – so maybe working for a non-governmental organisation or wildlife charity to campaign to protect our seas!

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      Geraint Evans answered on 9 Mar 2021:

      Interesting question! Something more to the side of biochemistry. Maybe neuroscience where you study the brain and figuring out how and what happens when we think. Outside of science, I think linguistics, where you study languages would be quite cool to try out. I can’t really think of a particular job that I would like to do though…

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