How #ballet #dancers keep their balance during fast repeated turns. #WroteThis #science #dance https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2023/02/26/eyes-forward-ballet-dancers-clever-trick-to-balance-their-turns/

With the right music, this will only hurt a little bit. A research study at a #music festival found that people feel less pain when they listen to a song they like. #WroteThis #science https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2023/02/15/with-the-right-music-this-will-only-hurt-a-little-bit/?sh=6b16e6802602

Researchers found a compound in Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” that has never been detected in a finished #painting before. #chemistry #art #science #WroteThis https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2023/01/27/surprising-paint-compound-hints-at-rembrandts-methods/?sh=4b97a3e450a5

How are people falling asleep to Dynamite by BTS? Researchers found surprising music on #Spotify ’s popular #sleep playlists. #WroteThis #science

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2023/01/21/spotify-sleep-playlists-include-some-surprisingly-upbeat-music/?sh=2b5fb9cf4092

With the holiday chaos I completely forgot that this article also came out right before Christmas, even though I spent so much time getting it ready as soon as possible after #COP15. I #WroteThis for a client as #content rather than journalism but it was interesting to learn more about this #biodiversity meeting that otherwise wouldn't have been on my radar. Always learning new things! https://journeytozerostories.neste.com/cop15#ec017ef8

Last article of 2022! Researchers in Spain did some "accelerated aging" experiments to see what happens to 3D-printed materials over time. #science #WroteThis #3Dprinting https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/12/30/what-happens-to-3d-printed-materials-when-they-get-older/?sh=1fb5574e5e99

The American Society for Microbiology’s annual agar art awards asked scientists, artists and others to create art out of microbes. This year, the theme was: who is your favorite microbiologist? #sciart #science #art #biology #microbiology #WroteThis https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/12/28/microbiology-awards-for-bacteria-art/?sh=6fbb7d0023bb

Musicians like their music loud, according to a new study. Always a fun time when I can reference Spinal Tap in an article :) #music #science #audio #WroteThis https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/12/22/musicians-like-their-music-loud/?sh=775ec7262073

When science gets funny. My latest for Forbes is all about She-Hulk blood transfusions, Winnie The Pooh mental health assessments and other times researchers showed their funny side while still covering real #science and #medical research.

#scicomm #marvel #winniethepooh #WroteThis

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/12/18/she-hulk-and-winnie-the-pooh-when-funny-science-takes-the-spotlight/?sh=2d5ce7cda69a

It's not too late to start #piano lessons! A new #research study suggests that even a few weeks of lessons have a positive effect on audio-visual processing. Plus, you learn to play some tunes and #music lessons it might even improve your mood. #science #wrotethis

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/12/12/piano-lessons-boost-audio-visual-processing-even-after-just-a-few-weeks/?sh=19bbee611a4f

I wrote about a #research study that showed that (in #Japanese) #AI is getting pretty good at #haiku. But when I asked OpenAI #ChatGPT to give me some 5-7-5 haikus it failed miserably at counting syllables! #WroteThis https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/12/06/ai-haikus-are-getting-betterat-least-in-japanese/?sh=6e91ff62537c

This is different from the kind of things I usually write (so don't let it scare you off) but I was asked to write one of the pieces for a Nature Milestones collection about T cells. It's very technical but don't worry, a real immunologist fact checked everything! #science #immunology #TCells #WroteThis https://www.nature.com/articles/d42859-022-00042-5

Scientists in #Spain have systematically studied what it is that makes #murals disappear over time. They found that some #paints fade faster, but also that humidity and sea salt are not good for keeping street art intact. #WroteThis #urbanart #science

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/11/30/sea-salt-and-unstable-paints-explain-why-murals-chip-and-fade-away/?sh=5a2725676cea&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

🎵Oontz oontz oontz🎵 (but inaudibly low) makes people dance. #music #science #scicomm #WroteThis https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/11/28/low-frequency-bass-encourages-dancing/?sh=5c4fee664428

I got a sneak peek at these two new exhibits this week. They're now open for everyone at the Wellcome Collection so if you're in #London you can take a look and reflect on the changing nature of #museum collections. (Tip: wear shoes that are easy to remove and put on your nicest socks so that you can see the tapestries up close.) #WroteThis https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/11/25/new-exhibits-at-wellcome-collection-reflect-on-historic-science-collections/?sh=38d2c8dc1653

By the way, I've been using the #WroteThis tag and featured it on my profile so that if you look at my profile page you can click that and see all my actual serious work #writing instead of whatever silliness I tap-tap-type about most of the time. I think it only works if you're not currently also logged in to the same server as me, though.

I wrote about a #research study that looked at how #jazz #pianists improvise. The gist of it is that each jazz musician has figured out how to make their licks their own, and that's how they created their individual #music vocabulary.

#science #WroteThis

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2022/11/21/science-shows-that-jazz-musicians-have-their-own-individual-music-vocabulary/?sh=2201cfc92762

One of my favourite pieces that I wrote during/about the pandemic was this one about how university #chemistry classes had to adapt to teaching lab courses online. I spoke with some very creative and adaptive lecturers and with two universities that were already teaching chem #labs online before it was cool. #WroteThis https://cen.acs.org/education/undergraduate-education/Remote-education-inspires-new-ways-to-teach-chemistry-lab-courses/99/i24