• Question: How Does Science Affect Your Daily Life?

    Asked by JamesWillGoHome to anuantony, Duncan, Jayne, Katherine, Sajid on 8 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Duncan McNicholl

      Duncan McNicholl answered on 8 Nov 2017:

      Well, I’m pretty healthy, because medical science showed that getting vaccinated would help stop me getting infected with really nasty bugs, and I try to eat well and get a bit of exercise because science has shown that that means I’ll be happier and live a bit longer. I go to work by bus, because climate science suggests that fewer engines on the road means that the world won’t get as hot and sea levels won’t rise so much, and when I make a cup of tea I do it with really really hot water because chemistry tells me that different compounds are extracted from tea leaves at different temperatures, and the ones that I want are the ones that come out at 100 rather than 80 degrees. I base a lot of my decisions on things that people have worked out using science. And my daily life also involves working as a scientist, so that’s quite a big effect too.

    • Photo: Jayne Ede

      Jayne Ede answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      The clothes I wear and the way they were manufactured. The computer I’m using right now to send this reply. The telephone I use to speak to people in different countries. The car I drive to work. The music I listen to (both the instruments and the way that the music gets put into a listen-able format like an MP3 or a CD), the weather forecast telling me if I need a coat or not, the ink in the pen I use to write down my lab work… Need I go on? 😉

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