• Question: what is the most exciting thing you've ever done as a scientist

    Asked by Moo:) to Jillian, Connor, Lidunka, Sarah, Steven on 17 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by now watch me nay nay.
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      Lidunka Vocadlo answered on 17 Jun 2015:


      @Moo:) well there was an experiment I took part in at this enormous international facility (the sort that has a particle accelerator in a big ring built underground) where we were trying to prove something I had predicted in some calculations – that was really exciting as we were basically doing this big BIG experiment just to see if I was right. The experiment took a few days to do and……… I was right !!!

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      Jillian Scudder answered on 17 Jun 2015:


      I actually find that getting up in front of 100 super smart scientists and telling them something I discovered, something they don’t know yet, is super exciting. I try and do this once or twice a year to let people know about my work, and it’s really fun to do.

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      Steven Thomson answered on 24 Jun 2015:


      I think that going to my first international conference on my first trip to the US, giving my first professional conference talk to a room full of 50 or so people was pretty exciting. Everyone said afterwards that it was a fantastic talk, so I think it went very well!

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