Final Hidden Science theme of leisure and lifestyle

From surfing to hot air ballooning if you are an adrenalin junkie, buying the latest killer heels or spending time playing computer games with friends: science is behind all of these and scientists and mathematicians can find jobs in them.

This month on the Hidden Science action we are focusing on the scientific aspects of Leisure and Lifestyle to show young people that science jobs can be hidden behind their favourite pastimes, helping them to explore and find out which area interests them. For more information they can look at the Leisure & Lifestyle section already present on the Future Morph website.

Example questions for this theme include:

i) Does sharkskin swimwear really make you swim faster?

ii) I am interested in a career combining nutrition and health, is this possible?

Last month’s theme of Business and Industry had a large variety of different questions to test our scientists, including:

• Can adverts about food actually make you hungry?

• How does the brain respond to subliminal messages in today’s advertising?

• Is it more beneficial to study economics or business?

• What is the difference between an architect and a designer?

• At what age does the average person decide which career they want to go into?

• What is the most successful industry in the UK?

• Could we ever use mobile phones on the underground?

• Are left or right-handed people likely to be more successful in business?

• Why are more companies not carbon neutral?

• Why has manufacturing declined in this country?

If you would like to see the answers to these and the full list of questions for this and all of our other themes please visit the webpage on the Future Morph website.

If you would like to be involved in Hidden Science as a scientist answering questions please contact Holly Margerison.

The ‘Do Some Good’ app is free to download and tasks are designed not to take longer than 5 minutes. For more information on the app or to download it for yourself visit the website. 

This is the last theme on Hidden Science which will be coming to an end at the end of Jul. This really is your last chance to get involved and thank you so much for your support over the life of this project.