Question: What is the most interesting Thing that you have ever found out As a scientist ? .

Anna Gardner answered on 19 Jun 2019:

Hi Kelsie, I have many memories of teachers, researchers and other adults telling me facts and other interesting things, all of which I would just be amazed by! You will discover that there is so much you don’t yet know and talking (but mostly listening!) with anybody and everybody will allow you to find things out that you never knew before. With many that will make your mouth drop to the floor 🙂 I’d say the most interesting things I was taught at school were: 1. Camels have three eyelids so that desert sand doesn’t get in their eyes. Also that their humps are not full of water but they are a fat store. 2. That nuts grow in so many weird ways! https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/the-weird-ways-that-nuts-grow Also that peanuts are not nuts and they grow underground (I thought they grew on trees!) 3. That most apples in the shops are over 9 months old. They can store apples under cold temperatures and low oxygen to keep them fresh for a year before selling them. Storage in this way slows down their breathing! (Also that bananas make other fruit ripen quicker by releasing a natural hormone called Ethylene). At university I was taught really interesting things like how humans evolved (we go to see lots of different skulls!) and how to make glow in the dark bacteria using DNA from a jellyfish. As you grow up you will get to do some really cool experiments too. Another way to find out interesting things is by travelling to different towns and countries (School field trips are the best for this!). Cultures all over the world have so much to teach you, we have discovered new medicines by simply trekking and talking to people that live in the jungles. I really hope you too get to find out some crazy facts that you never knew before! 🙂