• Question: what is the strangest thing you have done in a science lab

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 18 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Daren Fearon

      Daren Fearon answered on 18 Jun 2014:

      All of my experiments seem pretty normal, to me atleast, but that is probably because I do them so often. I suppose firing X-rays at tiny crystals might seem strange to other people!

      Some pretty weird but genius ideas are recognised by the Ig Nobel award. These include using magnets to levitate sumo wrestlers or perfecting a method to collect whale snot using a remote-control helicopter! You can read more about them here http://www.improbable.com/ig/

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 18 Jun 2014:

      I’ve taken nappies apart and seen how much water they can hold. That was a pretty strange day!

    • Photo: Phillip Manning

      Phillip Manning answered on 19 Jun 2014:

      I have taken an Emu into a biomechanics lab to study its limb mechanics in relation to the distribution of pressure across the sole of its feet….it caused a bit of a stir 🙂

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