• Question: what problems are there in science that young people could help with?

    Asked by feds532punk53 on 13 Apr 2026.
    • Photo: Paul Trusty

      Paul Trusty answered on 13 Apr 2026:

      Looking for more sustainable materials that could be used instead of the polluting plastics packaging we have currently.

    • Photo: Pete Webb

      Pete Webb answered on 14 Apr 2026:

      It depends on what you mean by “young”. Under-18s couldn’t help probably at all. You’d need to finish school with science A levels and then go to University. With a science degree, you can start taking part in the effort to solve problems such as:
      Curing cancer.
      Finding drugs that eliminate parasitic and other diseases.
      Finding sources of clean, green, reliable, cost-effective energy.
      Finding metals that we need for communications and energy.
      Developing crops that thrive in harsh climatic terrains.
      Etc, etc, etc.

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