1. What do you think is the greatest ever scientific invention?
Well the car was a pretty nifty one, obviously. Then again, it wouldn't have been possible without the wheel, so maybe that? Actually no, I think it was probably penicillin. Or was that really a discovery more than an invention? So it must have been the steam engine, with all that it brought for the industrial revolution. Then again, it was a bloke in the Middle East who first invented a system for changing the turning motion of a wheel into the back and forwards movement of a piston. So without him there would be no engines at all, whatever they're powered by. Do you know what? I think every invention can be called the greatest. Apart from the parking ticket!
2. If you could be any famous scientist, who would you be, and why?
I'd like to be Sir Isaac Newton. He's a big hero in the Blast Lab because he set out to describe a lot of stuff that was already happening all around us ? he didn't invent them, they're laws of physics. But because of what he described and talked about, lots of things have been possible since. And he had really cool hair. And pretty much everyone thought he was bonkers at the time but he carried on. Which is kind of cool!
3. What has been your favourite experiment so far?
I loved it when we tried balloon surfing to show how pressure can vary according to the area the force is exerted over. We balanced a surfboard on balloons and stood on it, the idea was to see how few balloons we could use. With the balloons only half inflated, they can spread out and so the weight on top of them is spread over a larger space and results in less pressure on any one spot. We did it on the show and then had a practice afterwards and got it down to just two balloons. Mind you, it was a LabRat doing it, so I didn't mind if he fell off and got hurt!
4. Did you enjoy science at school, and were you good at it?
I loved science at school. And I was terrible at it. Mostly because I was pretty ropey at maths and thought that must mean I couldn't do science either. Which was stupid of me because science is all about how and why things work and happen. You don't need to be brilliant at maths to understand that ? it's just as much about your imagination. Plus I got into trouble quite a lot for using too much of chemicals in experiments and causing the odd bang?
5. What experiment would you most like to do?
I'm not sure but I rather think it might be something involving space. I love all those experiments they do with weightlessness when they go on missions. Not sure what I'd learn, but it looks like great fun.
