• Question: Other than stem cells, what other areas of science do you find fascinating?

    Asked by nateleya to Tomasz, Matt, Dave, Aoife, Anzy on 15 Nov 2013.
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      David Christensen answered on 15 Nov 2013:

      I really enjoy reading neuroscience research sometimes. I find it quite difficult to understand, but learning about how the brain works is fascinating. Similarly, I quite like reading psychology news blogs online, particularly where they cross over with neuroscience to try to explain how the physical processes in the brain explain the way brain disorders can affect our mood and the way we think and see the world.

      I really like reading about the history of science where it describes how discoveries were made and the people who did the science. That can be really inspiring and impressive.

      Also, tv shows with Brian Cox always make that part of science (usually physics and astronomy) interesting.

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      Matthew Tomlinson answered on 15 Nov 2013:

      I’m a bit of a big kid and I really like paleontology (dinosaurs). I find it amazing that these enormous animals walked on the same planet as we do and they came in such crazy shapes and sizes it shows how weird evolution can be. I also like cosmology a lot and find the discoveries about new planets around other stars really interesting.

    • Photo: Aoife O'Shaughnessy-Kirwan

      Aoife O'Shaughnessy-Kirwan answered on 15 Nov 2013:

      Hi nateleya,
      I really like physics! I’ve read some of Stephen Hawkings popular science books and they really blow my mind!

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