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 Alie Ward

Science Communicator. podcaster. elective redhead.

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Have y’all heard SPIDERWEBS yet? We’re doing a whole month of SpOoktobErr for @ologies and so far we’ve covered skeletons, body farms, pumpkins, and this week is #Spidroinology (SPIDERWEBS) and how this expert, Dr. Randy Lewis is putting spider genes into caterpillars and other animals (!!) to produce spider silk that could end up in everything from cars to your body. Frickin LOVE autumn, man. Link in bio, ghosties and for more on Dr. Lewis, we did a segment on him and his lab for @cbsinnovationtv ✨🕸✨
On this morning’s @cbsinnovationtv & @cwinventiontv, we covered everything from hair wrangling to creating inland ocean waves to kiddo’s inventions to a massage chair that ended up in my house. (See an earlier post with World’s Best Human @simonegiertz.)
Somebody got @JESSRONAGROOMING’d. Swipe for the before and the triumphant, giddy after. My little dumpster gremlin is so soft and smells like a slow-motion laundry commercial THANK YOU JESS WE LOVE YOU 💖 @insta_gremmie
On #worldmentalhealthday, here’s what depression & anxiety can look like. During each of these photos, I was gripped by some of the most anxiety and sadness I’d ever felt. I could suppress it when I was working but was too scared to make any moves to change my life for the better. In the second one, I was trying a cascade of supplements geared toward balancing my screwed up ovaries to cure my anxiety. Neither strategy was effective. In the end, I tried a few SSRIs that didn’t work, took a genetic test that recommended an SNRI, and it finally clicked. It felt not like instant happiness, but like taking off terrible high heels you’d been walking in for years. Still some aches, but the distraction of sharp agony was gone. Anxiety is a great fuel when it works in your favor and an absolute cockblock when it doesn’t. Depression can take the form of self-admonishment instead of just the blehs. But however you’re feeling, you’re not alone. Open up to the friends you trust. Let your friends open up to you. Talk to a doctor if you need to. Know that it’s not a matter of will or character and it’s never too late for your life to change for the better.
This extremely guhboi sold me some pumpkins once and also this week’s @ologies is #cucurbitology all about pumpkins and guest Anne Copeland will blow your gourd with weird facts then she will engorge your heart like a blue ribbon garden squash. FRICKIN PUMPKINS, MAN. Link in bio.
This here is bone expert Dr. Danny Wescott and last week’s @ologies kicked off a Halloweeny month with #Osteology (SKELETONS/BODY FARMS.) So dig into that and get ready for a new one later today all about p u m p k i n s. Am I wearing a scarf in LA right now? I am.
Aaaah! My science show @cwinventiontv was picked up for a season 2 and it premieres ✨TOMORROW.✨ Very lucky to present these stories on @thecw and also: a new @cbsinnovationtv is on tomorrow with a story about a bread robot and yes I ate fistfuls of hot bread guts and it was a dream come true. Both show accounts have great behind the scenes videos and photos and previews so do give them a follow if you need more kiddo-friendly science & tech in your feed. @cwinventiontv @cbsinnovationtv
A few years ago, my parents gave me a sweetass robot dog they found at a local thrift shop because I couldn’t have an apartment dog and this week, it was @cheerful_bursts’s birthday so @emilyokerlund came up and adopted Biscuit who now lives in her kindergarten classroom and she sends me videos and photos of the kids reading to Biscuit and petting and hot damn if he’s not living his best life
 
 
 

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Latest Episodes
Spidroinology (SPIDERWEBS) with Dr. Randy Lewis
Spidroinology (SPIDERWEBS) with Dr. Randy Lewis
Cucurbitology (PUMPKINS) with Anne Copeland
Cucurbitology (PUMPKINS) with Anne Copeland
Osteology (SKELETONS/BODY FARMS)
Osteology (SKELETONS/BODY FARMS)
Phenology (FALL/SEASONS) with Dr. Libby Ellwood
Phenology (FALL/SEASONS) with Dr. Libby Ellwood
Potterology (WIZARD SCIENCE) with Dr. Rebecca Lai
Potterology (WIZARD SCIENCE) with Dr. Rebecca Lai
Vexillology (FLAGS) with E. Tory Laitila
Vexillology (FLAGS) with E. Tory Laitila
Paleontology (DINOSAURS) Encore Presentation with Dr. Michael Habib
Paleontology (DINOSAURS) Encore Presentation with Dr. Michael Habib
Disasterology (DISASTERS) with Dr. Samantha Montano
Disasterology (DISASTERS) with Dr. Samantha Montano
100th Episode: Best Life Advice from Ologists + 100 More Ologies
100th Episode: Best Life Advice from Ologists + 100 More Ologies
Saurology (LIZARDS) with Earyn McGee
Saurology (LIZARDS) with Earyn McGee