• Question: If you could run one experiment with unlimited resources what would you test?

    Asked by AyahA on 6 Mar 2026.
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      James Lazenby answered on 6 Mar 2026:


      This is hard to answer, as any scientific finding is made up of multiple experiments each giving you a little fragment of information that you then piece together to give you an answer to the research question. And then you often have to do experiments to confirm the results of your previous experiments. The more findings you have the more you realise there are more questions you need to address.

      If I had one research question I could address with unlimited resources it would be to look at reversing climate change or a vaccine to prevent cancer.

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