• Question: What is the most shocking thing you have ever seen while doing an experiment?

    Asked by numskullz1000 to Carol, Ellie, John, Philip, Rebecca on 27 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Philip Glasson

      Philip Glasson answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      Every Experiment where you don’t see that you expect!
      .
      Which is most of them!!
      .
      Because it means the universes is telling you something..
      you just don’t know what it is yet.
      .
      and That’s!
      Why Science Rocks!

    • Photo: Rebecca Lacey

      Rebecca Lacey answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      A massive error message on my computer which spanned the whole page in bright red. I wasn’t expecting that one and was very frustrated when I did!

    • Photo: Carol White

      Carol White answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      Seeing my experiment explode in front of me! Luckily there was a panel between me and the exploding glass…

    • Photo: Eleanor Turpin

      Eleanor Turpin answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      Something working first time!

      Have you ever seen the Big Bang Theory where Leonard’s work is always going really badly – this is a lot like real-life scientists.

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