British biochemist
Recorded · Nobel Prize Outreach · 2018
People refer to the ‘LMB culture’ as the thing, one of the things, that makes it special. It’s an attention to people who are willing to tackle very big problems.
Science and medicine
People on the record here who work in science and medicine, and what they were asked.
10 people · 293 answers
When you need counsel, who is the first person you call?
Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
Vogue's 73 Questions has repeatedly used this direct advice-network prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
American physician-scientist
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 2000
I surround myself with brilliant people who are wise and whose advice I can lean on at every possible moment. The Genome Project is a wonderful team effort.
Naturalist and evolutionary biologist
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 2001
Anyhow, I talked it over with my mother, and she said, “Well, if that’s what you want, go right ahead.” She was a wonderful woman. And so I did.
Which problem are you still chipping away at?
Originally asked
Lifehacker, to people about their working day, How I Work
Lifehacker repeatedly used this exact closing prompt in its named How I Work questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Developmental biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1995
Recorded · Nobel Prize Outreach · 2003
we know the fish, we know the worm, we know the fly, but we don’t know the links between and we don’t know, when we go back to the branches in evolution, we really don’t know what happened…
Radio astronomer; discoverer of pulsars
Recorded · University of Cambridge · 2020
They have a lot of extreme physics going on inside them and scientists use them to test theories of relativity on a cosmic scale. Einstein’s theories are checking out pretty well so far.
Stem cell biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2012
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 2008
we can select one gene out of those 20,000 genes, and completely destroy that one particular gene so that we can understand the function of that particular gene.
Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
Recorded · Academy of Achievement · 1996
I certainly want to continue trying to understand how the global environment functions. The earth as a system is a very complicated one.
What do you need to believe in order to get through an ordinary day?
Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
Vox used this exact prompt throughout its named 9 Questions series on intellectual habits.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965
Recorded · Engineering and Science / Caltech Magazine · 1985
I don’t believe I can really do without teaching.
Developmental biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1995
Recorded · Nobel Prize Outreach · 2003
I sing yes sure and I garden, I have a large garden and I really recreate myself by doing gardening and thinking about something else so that when your mind gets free from all the burden of…
Neurosurgeon and writer
Recorded · NPR · 2023
For the last few weeks, I've been completely happy. I've got my next PSA in three weeks' time. It may well show my PSA is starting to go up, and the cancer's coming back.
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