• Question: what do you think is the most important topic in scince?

    Asked by dophins to Adam, Joanna, Louise S, Louise W, Marcus on 12 Nov 2012. This question was also asked by tommyisepic, incredablehulk, hazzanator259, bonbon2000, iluvwilmas.
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      Louise Walkin answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      I’m not sure that there is a “most important” topic in science, I think all science is important. I think people think that their science is the most interesting which makes sense as I think you should always have an interest in what you are working with. I think a lot of people think that cancer is the most important, or HIV/AIDS, and things that are well talked about in the media. I think that even the rarest diseases and the things that are least understood need to be looked at – otherwise we will never understand them. If somebody had a condition that only 1 in a million people ever got, imagine that person knowing that nobody was researching their disease, just because only one person in a million got it!

      I think every bit of science is important, and when scientists work together they find out that there is a lot of overlap between what they are working on. I can’t imagine a world without science! 🙂

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      Joanna Giles answered on 12 Nov 2012:

      Genes of course!!

      No, only kidding. I agree with Louise as so many topics are so important.

      I think the most important topic is the one that you find most interesting. Because you have to enjoy what you are doing otherwise you won’t be able to put 100% effort in. Science works best when you are really interested and gripped by it.

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      Louise Stanley answered on 13 Nov 2012:

      All of it!

      🙂

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      Adam Paige answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      Wow tough question. So many things.

      Major health problems as Louise W suggested. But also how to produce clean renewable energy. How to feed the growing population.

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      Marcus Wilson answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      I agree its hard to say whats most important.

      I suppose if you look at it very subjectively diseases that claim lots of lives like malaria are super important. Cancer is very prevalent in Britain and getting bigger everywhere else. With an ever increasing world population its going to be important to improve how we make food and energy to support everyone.

      but its aslo important to invest in basic science that does not have a direct relevance to diseases right now, in the end how can we provide cures if we dont know how things are meant to work when evrything is going right?

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