Matt Hodgkinson2d ago

Good Will Hunting in reverse: the real-life story of Peter Putnam, promising physicist turned janitor.

HT @cdarwin

https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/

#PeterPutnam #GoodWillHunting #NautilusMagazine #AmandaGefter #TheoreticalNeuroscience #ScienceMastodon #ScienceStories #JohnArchibaldWheeler #GayHistory #NeuralModels #LongReads #PrincetonUniversity #RobertFuller #HistoryOfPhysics #HistoryOfScience

Finding Peter Putnam

The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind

Nautilus
The Story of LifeMay 31
The greatest story never told starts with a single molecule in an ancient ocean.
4 billion years ago, a spark stirred in the darkness and that spark became... everything.
Every tree. Every whale. Every human who ever lived traces back to this moment.
This is evolution told as the epic it truly is - from LUCA to AI, from single cells to starships.
Welcome to Evolutionary Wars, where science meets mythology.
evolutionarywars.substack.com.
#ScientificMythology #ScienceStories #EvolutionaryWars
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 23
In today's riveting episode of "Things That Look Like Blood But Aren't" 🤯, we learn that a bacterium with an inferiority complex has been pretending to be important for centuries. Spoiler: It turns out science has been duped by a germ with a flair for drama 🎭.
https://www.asimov.press/p/miracle-bacterium #ThingsThatLookLikeBlood #BacteriumDrama #ScienceHumor #GermsInDisguise #ScienceStories #HackerNews #ngated
A Brief History of the Miracle Bacterium

Serratia marcescens, a pathogen with an uncanny resemblance to blood, has had an outsized influence on modern science.

Asimov Press
VitskapsdamaFeb 14

I don't want to discuss the state of the world anymore, so here's a new story for you.

> Students Break World Record By Levitating Soap Bubble For Over 80 Minutes

https://flip.it/HcuPbC

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Students Break World Record By Levitating Soap Bubble For Over 80 Minutes

Acoustic levitation can both create and keep a soap bubble stable.

IFLScience
American NaturalistApr 23, 2024

Story Collider returns for #Evol2024! This in-person event will feature true, personal stories from members of the evolutionary biology community. We are seeking story pitches from now until May 17. Submit yours today! https://www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display/2024/4/22/story-collider-at-evolution-2024-call-for-pitches/

#StoryCollider #storytelling #sciencestories #evolution #EvolutionaryBiology

Story Collider at Evolution 2024: Call for Pitches

SSE, ASN, ESEB, and SSB are teaming up with The Story Collider for a science storytelling show on July 28th as part of the in-person portion of the 2024 Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology (Evolution 2024)! The theme for this...

SaltywaveJul 14, 2023

Hi everyone!

The Salty Wave Newsletter is live on SubStack!

It features interesting stories about the curiosities of science & lots more!

Follow the link here
#visualstoryteller #sciencestories
#curiousitiesofscience #saltywave

https://open.substack.com/pub/gabrielleahern/p/salty-wave-stories?r=1ujfxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Salty Wave Stories

Stories are now a Newsletter #8

Salty Wave Newsletter
Interactome MediaApr 21, 2023
A bit of a belated announcement, but the latest episode of The Interactome went up on Monday. In this #ScienceStories episode, Sam talks having too many #snails, Natalie is impacted by woodpeckers, and Joe talks about the importance of #mentorship. Listen on podbean at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-f39pd-13e58be or search for The Interactome wherever you get your podcasts!
Episode 18: Science Stories Part 3

It's time for more science stories! This time Sam has too many snails, Natalie is impacted by woodpeckers, and Joe discusses mentorship.  Links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/theinteractome Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interactome_media/Mastodon: @interactome@universeodon.com Credits:Audio/Video Editing: Sam PickellArtwork: Maia ReyesIntro/Outro Music: Geovane Bruno - Dancing In The Future Timestamps:0:00 Intro3:38 Sam's story: Too Many Snails14:42 Joe's nuclear hermit crab22:14 Natalie's story: 1000 G-Force Woodpeckers34:48 Joe's Story: The Importance of Mentorships51:53 Outro