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Asked by Stanley on 25 May 2023.
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Loretta-Ann Jilks answered on 25 May 2023:
Some days don’t always go to plan and things can often go wrong, such as lab experiments. But sometimes that’s also a good thing, as you can learn from mistakes! I’ve learnt from plenty and I think that’s made me a better scientist 🙂
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Jo Montgomery answered on 25 May 2023:
Science doesn’t always go to plan, so you need to persevere and be resilient. One of the problems with the way academic research works is how it is funded – scientists often have to spend a lot of time writing grant proposals to ask for funding, or writing reports, and not so much time doing the science!
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Jonathan Wright answered on 25 May 2023:
Some things go wrong, investigations can be long and seem to go nowhere, sometimes need to repeat things.
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Camilla Cassidy answered on 25 May 2023:
Sometimes I am the first person to ever have to answer the sort of question I need to, and there’s no one who is an expert who can help me. That can be difficult. However, that means that *I* am the expert, and I get a chance to figure out how to navigate the situation in the way I think is best, which is rewarding.
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Santosh Mahabala answered on 25 May 2023: last edited 25 May 2023 8:45 am
Sometimes the process and investigations take time. So, solving some problems gets delayed.
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Lisa Hursell answered on 25 May 2023:
That sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t find the answer to a question.
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Shanine Smith answered on 25 May 2023:
repeating the same thing over and over is important to know you results aren’t just by chance but it can get a bit exhausting and boring sometimes!
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Lucy Mitchell answered on 26 May 2023:
I think my least favourite thing about science – particularly working in academia – is how competitive it is. I think there is a constant battle to be ‘the first’ – the first person to do a certain experiment, or the first person to publish a paper about a particular subject. It makes it hard to focus on what you’re doing properly. It also means it’s sometimes difficult to talk to people about your work, because everyone is very ‘cagey’ about what they’re doing – I like to share ideas and information but then lots of people think you’re trying to steal their ideas! Science is better when it’s collaborative.
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Áine Uí Ghiollagáin answered on 28 May 2023:
I think that many people think it’s boring and not very creative. We do new and innovative things all the time, and hopefully make things better for everyone.
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Dmitry Dereshev answered on 29 May 2023:
It is notoriously hard to prove something conclusively in many fields of science 🧫
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