You’re going to have to do it at some point. Maybe it’s a dinner party, a family get-together, or maybe you’re stuck on a plane next to that guy who insists on asking you a stream of questions. But you’re going to have to explain that you’re a scientist, and what that means. There are good ways to do that. And then there are ‘less good’ ways to do that.
What sort of questions have you had to deal with? And more importantly, did you take the good or bad approach to answering?!