• Question: What was the best question asked on I'm a scientist, in this competition?

    Asked by wizzyg12 to Claire, Matt, Rob, Sam on 26 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      This one! Meta.

      I learned a lot from a bunch of questions, so it’s difficult to pick one that stood out. One was about how flu vaccines are made (they find out what flus are happening in Asia and make the vaccines before they arrive in North America and Europe) and what the EPR paradox is (a question that ultimately asks what a measurement is in quantum physics). But there were a lot of others that were good.

    • Photo: Matthew Pankhurst

      Matthew Pankhurst answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      I agree with Sam – there’s been a lot of really good questions. I have a preference for the volcano ones obviously (by the way I found the picture I wanted to show of “my volcano”, its the second one on my profile, but I didn’t take that photo!))…. I also like the really philosophical ones…. Maybe I can find a favourite after its all over – so keep your good questions coming!

    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 26 Jun 2013:

      I’ll definitely have to go back over them and check! There were a LOT of really good questions, and I learnt a lot too. I wish that I had been able to answer more, actually (Sam usually zipped in there first though!)

      But I think, for me, the one that I enjoyed answering the most was the one you asked about wormholes! That was really fun to answer.

      I like questions that I can answer with a sort of story. When i explain the standard model, I like to use lego, and I use car crashes to explain what we do at the LHC 🙂

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