Editing Scientist (section)

====Research interests====
Scientists include [[experiment]]alists who mainly perform experiments to test hypotheses, and [[Scientific theory|theoreticians]] who mainly develop [[Scientific modelling|models]] to explain existing data and predict new results. There is a continuum between the two activities and the division between them is not clear-cut, with many scientists performing both tasks.

Those considering science as a [[career]] often look to the frontiers. These include [[physical cosmology|cosmology]] and [[biology]], especially [[molecular biology]] and the [[human genome]] project. Other areas of active research include the exploration of [[matter]] at the scale of [[elementary particle]]s as described by [[particle physics|high-energy physics]], and [[materials science]], which seeks to discover and design new materials. Others choose to study [[Human brain|brain]] function and [[neurotransmitter]]s, which is considered by many to be the "final frontier".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234155/ | title=Foreword | year=1992 | publisher=National Academies Press (US) }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-brain-the-final-frontier | title=The Brain: The Final Frontier? | date=November 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cmu.edu/homepage/health/2010/summer/the-last-frontier.shtml | title=The Last Frontier - Carnegie Mellon University &#124; CMU }}</ref> There are many important discoveries to make regarding the nature of the [[mind]] and [[human]] [[thought]], much of which still remains unknown.