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It Takes Three Steps to Get in Shape (if You Are a Spaghetti Strand)

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As an Italian I beg you: stop breaking spaghetti strands into two before cooking them! This horrific practice not only diminishes the capacity of long pasta to wrap around your fork deliciously entangled with the sauce, but it is also useless. A spaghetti strand placed into a pot full of water sags and curls over onto itself: scientifically proven! In their recent publication in...

January 29, 2020
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It Takes Three Steps to Get in Shape (if You Are a Spaghetti Strand)

As an Italian I beg you: stop breaking spaghetti strands into two before cooking them! This horrific practice not only diminishes the capacity of long pasta to wrap around...

January 29, 2020
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We Can Count on Bees, but Can Bees Count?

We all appreciate honeybees as reliable, hardworking, and generous insects which play vital roles in different ecosystems. But did you know that they are quite smart, too? A study published...

April 5, 2019
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All Like It Hot

Have you ever wondered how does temperature affect the taste of your coffee? I had just turned a page when suddenly a cool breeze blew on my cup of...

July 30, 2018
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I want to know, have you ever smelled the rain?

Going for a walk? You better ask your nose if you should bring an umbrella along (A.K.A: What is the scientific explanation for the scent of a rainstorm?). The...

June 1, 2018
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"Science is not only a discipline of reason but, also, one of romance and passion" - S. Hawking

May 3, 2019

Dead Star

Cecilia Grimaldi, “Dead Star”, Digital color photography Are you trying to save yourself or rather to save me from...

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April 16, 2019

Time Zone

Listen to me New Day, let time go fast and reach your end soon. I beg you Sun, go...

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April 1, 2019

Like Oil & Water

Read my thoughts on immiscible souls published in Publishous on Medium.

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LIFE OF SCIENTISTS

Couples Counselling for Zebrafish: How to Optimize Breeding Efficiency

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Are you a scientist working with zebrafish? Are you having trouble making zebrafish couples mating? Are you tired of wasting your time staring at them swimming around, with no...

July 31, 2018
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LIFE FOR SCIENTISTS

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Back To Bios is a blog about discovering the awesomeness of science in everyday life.

I am Cecilia Grimaldi, a native Italian currently pursuing a Ph.D. in biology somewhere in rainy Germany. As a scientist, I like to explore the world around me with a rational approach. As a human being,  I love to get lost in the emotional universe of a good novel and express my feelings by writing. To channel these two passions, I decided to create Back To Bios, a blog where I combine creative writing and the scientific method to dive into some curious topics and display the science hidden in daily life.

Because science is all around us and being a scientist is not just a profession: it is a way of living. It means you want to explore the unknown, to stay curious and open-minded, to seek and create knowledge. It means you ask questions and look for the answers. In other words, it simply means you are just another Homo sapiens.

 

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CONVERSATIONS WITH SCIENTISTS

“I keep the positives of science into focus”: an interview with Prof. Marianne Bronner

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As a member of the Women in Science network from CiM, I have recently interviewed Prof. Marianne Bronner, a professor of developmental biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). We...

July 17, 2018
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“What matters most in doing research is enjoying the process”: an interview with Prof. Anna Akhmanova

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Prof. Anna Akhmanova, a professor of cell biology at Utrecht University, has recently given a talk as part of the lecture series ‘Pioneers in Cell Dynamics and Imaging’ organized...

June 18, 2018
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