• Question: do labs look like how they are shown in tv shows ?

    Asked by anon-233565 to Varun, Sammie, Rebecca, Alin, Adam on 20 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Rebecca Shaw

      Rebecca Shaw answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      I think the labs in Big Bang Theory are pretty accurate. You’d be surprised by how cluttered and messy they can get because of the amount of users in the lab and depending on how many experiments you have going on too!
      We’ve had some members of the Royal Family visit our labs and I’ve never seen it so clean and professional looking… so ours can look pretty cool and hi tech!

    • Photo: Samantha Firth

      Samantha Firth answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      For sure! Some labs are white, clean and full of high tehc equipment – especially ‘clean rooms’ (give it a google) 💊📡🚀 As Rebecca said, I think a lot of people would be really surprised to know how many labs look really cluttered and messy! Also, lots of experiments tend to get covered in aluminium foil (e.g. for thermal insulation) and this gives the lab a sort of ‘thrown-away-sandwich-wrapper’ vibe… 🥪🥪🥪

    • Photo: Varun Ramaswamy

      Varun Ramaswamy answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      Depends on which TV shows youre watching- haha!

      Medical shows like House M.D and New Amsterdam definitely look like how hospitals and research labs should.. But the ones you see in Antman and iron man are not! There are no cool 3D graphic stuff that you can move by snapping your fingers or flailing your arms unfortunately. But even without that, some labs have reeeeally cool robots and machines that will make you go “whoaaaa”

    • Photo: Alin Elena

      Alin Elena answered on 21 Nov 2019:

      not mine… unless probably you saw some b rated documentary. Usually labs look more normal and do much better science than what you see on TV.

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