Question: Have you done any experiments nobody has done before?

Rory Miles answered on 12 Mar 2014:

Hi @emanresu. Yes, one of the best things about science is carrying out an experiment that no one has ever done before. As part of my university degree, I was lucky enough to carry out a research project (this was required for all students doing my subject). I got to study the effects that a newly discovered virus had on mouse cells (the building block of the body). This was really fascinating and I found out some things that no one had before. Science to me is all about looking at other peoples research that they have done in the past and then trying to do further experiments to find out more information based on this. You can also think of something entirely new and then do experiments about this (but this can mean years of work).