• Question: what is your favourite scientific word

    Asked by slmg to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 22 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Ooh that’s a hard question. I’m going to go with “plasma”.

    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      “Hypothesis” is a good word. You have an idea, or a hypothesis (if we’re being scientific), and then you have to test it to see if it’s true or not. If your hypothesis turns out to be correct it’s very satisfying. If it’s wrong, you are initially depressed but then you come up with a new hypothesis and that makes you happy again!

    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      Unununium. That easy-to-pronounce element near the end of the periodic table. It just rolls off the end of the tongue!

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