• Question: what inspired you to become a scientist.

    Asked by room532acts8 on 17 Oct 2025. This question was also asked by moas535muns6, jets532gage25, fret532gage25, agha532pact4, gobo532abas58, william, Ferne.
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      Elin Smith answered on 17 Oct 2025:

      I really enjoyed all the practical lessons and experiments that I got to do in my secondary school and GCSE science lessons and wanted to have a job where I was able to do experiments everyday! I was also really interested in microbiology specifically and wanted the chance to learn more and research into the topics I found interesting. I love learning new things and discovering the answers to my questions, it is what makes being a scientist so fun and rewarding.

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      Emily Walls answered on 22 Oct 2025:

      Many factors inspired me to pursue science. I enjoyed reading books about space when I was younger, which then eventually I started watching youtube videos about it once I was old enough and that introduced me to the likes of Brian Cox and Jim Al-Kahlili. In school, I liked learning about science and doing practicles in physics and chemistry (biology was not for me doing disections). I went with what I was passionate about and what I liked learning about – I didn’t know what type of job I wanted at the end of it, but as long as I enjoyed learning about it all that was completely fine by me.

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      Caroline Roche answered on 21 Nov 2025:

      I always loved learning about how things worked or were made so knew a career in science would be my best option. The hard part was trying to figure out what part of science I wanted to study.

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      Daisy Pickup answered on 23 Jan 2026:

      I’ve really enjoyed science, specifically chemistry, since I was in year 11. I was also really passionate about the environment and keen to combine the two! That’s why I went into a research area that focusses on the environment.

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      Bolaji Thanni answered on 28 Jan 2026:

      When I was younger, I was a very curious person and asked a lot of questions, I was fascinated by nature. I enjoyed all science related courses and was always willing to learn, all these inspired me. Additionally, I wanted to also break the misconception that a female child was not good enough to be a high thinker. So I pursued science to break that barrier for myself and for other younger female students.

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      Christina Higgins answered on 9 Feb 2026:

      I actually didn’t know until after my undergrad degree – I did this in music! Afterwards I started learning a bit more about the science of acoustics (which is important for musicians), and then I decided to do an MSc in acoustic engineering 🙂

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