• Question: If you could come up with a way to improve something in our environment,using the materials in your own work from science, what would you improve and why?

    Asked by ld144 to Arlene, Colin, David, Eugene, Paul on 15 Nov 2012.
    • Photo: Paul Higgins

      Paul Higgins answered on 15 Nov 2012:


      Using my work, I hope to be able to predict solar eruptions, eventually. If we could do that, we would be able to tell airplanes not to fly near the north or south poles of the earth at certain times. If there is a big solar storm, airplane pilots and stewards can be in danger of getting hit by radiation.

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