Welcome to Vipra Universe 🌌 — where science meets storytelling.
We explore the wonders of life, space, and nature through short, curious stories that make you go “Wait… what?!”

Stay curious. Stay amazed. ✨
#VipraUniverse #ScienceStories

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

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

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

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

#sciencestories #flipboardmagazine #Flipboard #FridayFeeling #Friday #EnjoyTheDay #Science

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

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

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!