Question

Do you have any interests apart from science?

I love creative writing! why did you choose science instead of writing?

I know this isn’t quite your speciality but do you happen to know why cows have 4 stomachs to digest their food when all they eat is GRASS?! If we eat loads of different and hard-on-your-stomach-food, shouldn’t we have like 60 stomachs?

In martial arts, particularly ones like judo, akido and ju-jitsu, they do a lot of break falls; a controlled way of landing from a throw that reduces the impact damage to the body. These can range from a roll to slapping the floor with your arm. I was hoping you might be able to explain how this actually reduces the force? I thought that perhaps a roll lengthens the time of the impact which could somehow reduce it, and perhaps the way you land might link to maximising the surface area reducing the pressure. But I’m not too sure, especially on why we slap the floor. Whilst on the topic of sport, does shouting when fighting or playing tennis actually improve your playing?

How would you make an artificial volcano errupt?

What other jobs have you had?

what came first the chicken or the egg?

What is the definition of science?

How do camera’s capture images and store them? Also, what type of paper do you need to do pinhole camera photography?

What is your most significant discovory and how did u make it?

In what ways would your work help saving lives?

What makes it impossible to have identical fingerprints?

what qualties do you need to be a great scientist

have you ever thought theres more to life than science??

Do you ever use astronomy in your job?

why do we get ichy

Who would you vote for (not including yourself)?

What is antimatter and what does it do?

whats the most boring part of your job?

What books do you use for your work and what books do you like?

Do you think theoretically that there will be a point, where a ‘Super’ Virus affects the ‘Micro world’ where diseases could be wiped out, if yes will this be a bad thing or will the absence of ‘good’ micro-organisms affect us in more of a negative way than the absence of ‘bad’ micro-organisms will affect us?

What does it feel like to discover something that hasn’t been discovered yet?

when did you start having interst in science

Do you think once you cure a disease, it will by then change to become immune to your cure?

how long does a parrot to digest its food#/

have you got poo from a chick

Do you think that stem cell research will lead to a new disease cure?

what was or is the most danger est thing you done???

have you discovered more in your research lately

Why are spoons round ?

will we ever have unicorns?

Are Colours Real?

hi hannah even though you work in cancer if you didnt would there be another particular section of science you would like to research?

Do You Know The Whole Pirodic Table Of By Heart?

Why can’t you block the mutations of a bacterium permanently, so that the existing antibiotics still work? Why do bacteria and viruses mutate? What causes them to undergo this process?

what is the most dangerous disease known to man and why is it so dangerous?

Does body mass and size influence the time before irreversible brain damage?

What is involved in the process of studying new viruses?

i know that magnets can be used to create small (toy sized) hovering vehicles however in your opinion do you think this a technique that could be used on a mass human sized scale?

how do you acctually find a virus that has been found many years ago? when you find the old viruses, do you telll the public and what sort of comment so you get?

Can you explain the genetics and evolution of skin color? Is skin color useful for grouping people into ethnic groups?

where did the very first hiv come from?

What’s the most amazing rock you’ve found

what was the oldest virus you have ever found

Have you ever made a big mistake in your job?

Are there any diseases that are completely uncurable?

is it possible for me to change into bacon….. im hungry

Matt, can you describe what the inside of a volcano looks like?

what would you do if someone didn’t have one of the hormones needed for r

What is the definition of a zombie? Are they actually possible, or at least to the extent that they would walk around eating us and the only way to kill them is to destroy the brain. if not, where did the idea even come from, and why does the world seem so obsessed with them? There are that many films and programs out there its almost as if some people want a zombie apocalypse to actually happen!