I think we can all agree, research is a complicated business. It can be hard enough to describe what you do to your peers, let alone non-scientists. With that in mind, we wanted to take things a few steps further and asked you how you would describe your job to a 5-year-old. Here is a selection of our favourites.  

1. 

@AmberOlsen

2.

@Jonathan Horowitz

4. 

@Ann Credible

6. 

@Marilyn McCune

7.

@Neil McEwan

8.

@Nilufer Orhan

9.

@Paul D Guthrie

10.

@Paul Disdle

11.

@Tori Leigh Rhoades

And an honourable (non-science) mention goes to.......

@Chris Locke