• Question: Do you do "sciencey" things all day, or do you spent some time doing other things?

    Asked by quattro5 to Louise, Michaela, Sian, Steve, Yvette on 13 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by sikhsoldier, banana987, elinbrodrick.
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      Steven Kiddle answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      lol. Science is my job, so on weekdays 9am-5pm i do “sciency” things. But just like you probably don’t just do school work at weekends (if you do any 😉 ) i do many other things, i particularly like playing and listening to music and playing sports. I think its quite healthy not to just work hard all the time, you would never concentrate or be productive, but you can’t just be lazy and do nothing otherwise whats the point.

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      Sian Harding answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      I like to watch relaxing programmes on TV every evening, like Eastenders and House. A lot of things at work are not straight science, but social and organising.

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      Yvette Wilson answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      I do science all of the working day because there is always so much that I don’t know so I have to read a lot and sometimes my plants grow too fast for me to keep up with them – I’ve thought of ways to solve this like putting them in freezer or something, but that might affect my results. Some experiments involve a lot of waiting for things to happen so there may be a couple of hours to have some coffee and a break.

      Generally I do as much as I can until 6 or 7 pm then in the evenings I like running and keeping fit and I’m also trying to learn how to sail. Occasionally watching TV is good too. Sunday is always ‘no science or computers day’ and my husband and I go hiking or cycling.

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      Louise Johnson answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      Do you mean during the working day? I do some teaching and some paperwork. And of course there’s coffee breaks, emails to answer and so on – you can’t think hard all the time or your brain overheats and explodes in a shower of neurons (SCIENCE FACT). I go jogging with my running partner Tracey at lunchtimes once a week or so – we sometimes talk science while running, but more often we have a good gossip instead.

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      Michaela Livingstone answered on 13 Jun 2010:

      I do fairly sciencey things for most of the day – I get quite busy doing experiments and so forth, that’s quite sciencey, but I’ll admit that when I get a chance, I’m on my computer catching up the news (or right now Big Brother!), on Facebook catching up with friends or generally pottering about watching stuff on iPlayer or YouTube. I like to listen to music as much as possible and when work is over, I leave science in the lab (mostly… sometimes you have to read a science article or something).

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