Astrophysicist, Pop-culture obsessed, Chin@-Chicana, Scientist in Residence at #NPRShortWave. Opinions are my own. She/Ella/她 (Pic: Farrah Skeiky/NPR) #SciComm
today, on @NPRShortWave, I bring you: snails 🐌, worms 🪱, killifish 🐠, whales 🐳, lizards 🦎, finches 🦜, ostriches 🦤, mice 🐭 AND OF COURSE, RATS 🐀
@ScienceRegina & I talk about how rats became synonymous with research — and what a better model organism could look like
@IBJIYONGI@ProteanIntl Awww!!! Thanks @IBJIYONGI . Actually these two episodes were the brain child of @emilykwong1234 . I just helped with some of the physics. I learned a lot! It's a really good mini series!
@IBJIYONGI@NPR Thank you Chanda!! I think this episode turned out really well. You were super informative as to why people are interested in these new findings but also why we shouldn't jump to conclusions. The soundscape and producing by @travlinscientst & @rebeccalramirez was really lovely!
@MalakaGharib You are so kind.I mean ALL of it! I'm kind of embarrassed it took me this long. You have a fan in me and also the person I bought a copy for.
The book #ItWontAlwaysBeLikeThis was Amazing! I read it in one sitting! @MalakaGharib, it was a completely riveting & relatable story. As a fellow mixed kid with 2 non-western cultures, I felt so seen. Also, the music references = my childhood! I saw Sonic Youth 3 times in one yr
Stop me if you’ve herd this one... A company has made a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth. The meatball, meant to spark debate about cultivated meat, has not been tasted, even by its creators. https://t.co/QQ367Wnfmk