things we love - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com When science has a story Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:27:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.talksciencetome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-tsm-logo-512-32x32.png things we love - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com 32 32 159279938 2017 Cool Science Gift Guide https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/02/26/2017-cool-science-gift-guide/ Sun, 26 Feb 2017 20:31:00 +0000 https://www.talksciencetome.com/?p=783 If it nerds, gift it! At last! Our seasonal round up of online gifting opportunities that will tickle the corners of your nearest and dearest science nerd’s heart. Although there’s a plethora of tacky science stuff out there—hanging a caffeine molecule on a pendant chain is so last year, and not at all scientific IMHO—I’ve… Read More »2017 Cool Science Gift Guide

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]]> 783 In case you were wondering: HeroRATs https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/02/10/case-wondering-herorats/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:16:23 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3641 We first squealed with delight over the APOPO HeroRATs in a cool science gifts post waaaaaay back in November 2014. Always on the lookout for science treasures, we couldn’t help but introduce the amazing impact the rats’ olfactory abilities were making in mine detection and tuberculosis screening in Africa. Oh, and the cute! Valentine’s Day… Read More »In case you were wondering: HeroRATs

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]]> 3641 Resolutions for writers, and why https://www.talksciencetome.com/2015/05/11/resolutions-writers/ Mon, 11 May 2015 20:51:55 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=2545 Apart from sticking to deadlines for timely submission, what other useful habits could/should writers adopt to help workflow? Here are some habits that could help keep the words coming, and why they might help. Inbox zero and muting the ping! File this one under “removing distractions.” How many times an hour does that ping of… Read More »Resolutions for writers, and why

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]]> 2545 Cool science memories from the team https://www.talksciencetome.com/2015/05/04/cool-science-memories-team/ Mon, 04 May 2015 21:14:10 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=2457 Enough about you—what about us? It would be correct to say that here at Talk Science to Me, we pretty much eat, sleep and breathe science. In fact, that’s how our mastermind, Eve Rickert, explained her journey into #scicomm for a class of health science writers at Kwantlen Polytechnic University we were invited to speak… Read More »Cool science memories from the team

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]]> 2457 Treasures: The tongue-eating sea louse https://www.talksciencetome.com/2013/02/05/treasures-the-tongue-eating-sea-louse/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:20:34 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=382 One of the things I love about science is the appreciation it can inspire for things I might otherwise consider horrifying, or just gross. One great example of this is Cymothoa exigua, also known as the tongue-eating sea louse. I should mention that the animal in question doesn’t necessarily “eat” the host’s tongue in the… Read More »Treasures: The tongue-eating sea louse

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