• Question: What do we use science for?

    Asked by shannonali to Angela, Gopal, Hannah, Becky, Vince on 25 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by woodc362, elliewhite011.
    • Photo: Vince Hall

      Vince Hall answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      Solving problems in a way that works because it’s logical and creative.

      Some examples are:
      finding oil, coal, natural gas
      making machines to gather clean energy
      finding new materials to build and manufacture with (including making them)
      curing diseases:
      heart disease
      cancer
      tuberculosis
      AIDS
      malaria
      flu
      superbug-related illnesses
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      fixing or replacing broken body parts: transplants and prosthetics
      brain scanning (to understand our thinking and learning)
      relieving suffering from diseases: physical and mental
      making machines to think for us
      making machines to build for us
      making/growing food, and looking after things that bring us food: plants, animals
      making new gadgets
      understanding politics
      developing better ways to teach and learn
      exploring and understanding the universe

    • Photo: Rebecca Cook

      Rebecca Cook answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      I think is harder to think of something we don’t use or have to thank science for!

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