• Question: Whats your favourite thing about being a Scientist?

    Asked by 838anmh24 to Ellen, Carrie, Cedric, Ines, Rupert on 7 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by Mbm_8486, Han-solo28, Ellie.
    • Photo: Ellen Williams

      Ellen Williams answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      I love the fact that the work I am doing will have a ‘real world’ impact – so what i am doing will hopefully make a difference to the lives of elephants in the UK. I also really enjoy the opportunities that science has bought to me – the chance to talk to lots of different people about my work, to travel and work with lots of new people and then get involved in really cool competitions like this one 🙂

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      Carrie Ijichi answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      Trying to find honest answers to our questions – even if we don’t like the answer we get, we’ll go with what the evidence tells us and change our opinions based on the facts.

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      Cedric Tan answered on 14 Mar 2017:

      My favorite part would be to communicate the research.

      As a scientist, I have been publishing the discoveries, in the form of written papers in journals like Nature. Nevertheless, I strongly believe in communicating the science to the public so I also create videos or games to showcase these discoveries in an understandable manner. This helps in advancing science in many ways, like gaining support from the public through funding as well as fostering collaborations with other scientists.

      Some of the interesting videos are here

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      Rupert Marshall answered on 15 Mar 2017:

      I love searching for answers especially when I found my idea was right! Being a scientist is like being in the police: you search for clues to answer your questions about life on earth and how it works. No crimes to solve, just fun facts to discover. I like being outside, just watching animals – it gives you time to think about what they are doing and just to wonder at them. But I also like telling people about science – which is why I’m here doing I’mascientist. I’m hoping you’ll vote to keep me in here though 🙂

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    Rupert commented on :

    I like discovering new things. You watch an animal, you wonder why or how an it’s doing what it’s doing, you ask it (by changing something and seeing how it reacts) and you see if your idea was right. Then you tell people about it. Scientists are paid to be curious