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 Alie Ward

Science Communicator. podcaster. elective redhead.

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Okay bye, San Francisco! Yesterday I got to take a tour of the R&D facility for @clorox and meet so many super smart and passionate chemists and microbiologists and learned that bleach is essentially made from salt + water that’s had an electric current run through it (WHAT?) and that it can help make water drinkable in emergencies, prevent C. diff and other hella gnar gnar stuff from spreading in hospitals and that it kills that 99.9% of pathogens by essentially disintegrating them, which gives off that “bleach” smell. So the more you smell it, the more stuff you just killed. Also each of those lights represent a patent and they cover a huge wall, which is an epic amount of work & discovery. Thanks for the tour and the labcoat, @clorox! From a rapt #Bleach101 pupil. (This trip was #sponsored but super fascinating.)
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Sahfranssisko. I was born in this city, my parents met here & married almost 50 years ago in a North Beach cathedral and I’m never more myself than when I can see clouds and sky and hills and water all at once. [DEEP BITTERSWEET GOTH SIGH]
This week’s @ologies is #mycology: how magic mushrooms work, humungous fungus, foraging tips and life lessons about chilling. Also no kingdom has better names, so this needed to exist. Link in bio for the mushroom episode, fam. Love, Slimy Toothcrust. (ps: what are you?) NOTE: THESE ARE ALL *REAL* FUNGUS NAMES
This guy @billnye launched a podcast today and IM HIS FIRST GUEST. Listen to us chat about everything from ocean gyres to whiskey to getting people excited about the things that surround them. Look for #ScienceRules wherever you get podcasts and yes I will brag about this forever to strangers at bus stops
Aaaah, I got to host the opening of #IntelISEF — *THE* international science fair that brings up literally the most brilliant folks on the planet like CRISPR pioneer #FengZhang and @ocasio2018. What an incredible honor. Thanks to all the people there from 80 countries and territories who are like, in high school but will FIX THE WHOLE PLANET. (And to @polycrystalhd for recommending me 💖.)
OH HOT DAMN LET’S TALK TOADS. Warts, python riding, sex-swapping, poison smoking, cauldron-boiling, and more with #bufologist @wildbeautifulworld aka Priya Nanjappa. She is hilarious and this one is so wonderfully weird. Link in bio, fam.
Okay I’m wearing the blue one to the post-Emmys party also I got dressed and made up in 14 minutes and I am a possum in a ballgown ARE WE HAPPY WITH THE DRESS
 
 
 

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Latest Episodes
Behavioral Ecology (REPRODUCTIVE TRADEOFFS) with Dr. Amy Worthington
Behavioral Ecology (REPRODUCTIVE TRADEOFFS) with Dr. Amy Worthington
Mycology (MUSHROOMS) with Dr. Tom Volk
Mycology (MUSHROOMS) with Dr. Tom Volk
Bufology (TOADS) with Priya Nanjappa
Bufology (TOADS) with Priya Nanjappa
Minisode: All of My Secret Travel Trips + Some Updates
Minisode: All of My Secret Travel Trips + Some Updates
Addictionology (ADDICTION) with Erin Parisi
Addictionology (ADDICTION) with Erin Parisi
Hagfishology (HAGFISH) with Tim Winegard
Hagfishology (HAGFISH) with Tim Winegard
Scorpiology (SCORPIONS) with Dr. Lauren Esposito
Scorpiology (SCORPIONS) with Dr. Lauren Esposito
FIELD TRIP: How to Change Your Life via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
FIELD TRIP: How to Change Your Life via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Victimology (CRIME VICTIMS) with Dr. Callie Rennison
Victimology (CRIME VICTIMS) with Dr. Callie Rennison
Astrobiology (ALIENS) with Dr. Kevin Peter Hand
Astrobiology (ALIENS) with Dr. Kevin Peter Hand