For someone who’s biology schooling largely culminated in a high school presentation of “how a virus works” rendered in a pirated copy of 3DS Max, it felt both accessible and informative without coming off as boring - actually I’m quite excited about the possibilities of continued research.
The fact that Hagino’s boss considered her research a waste of time, and both her and Zehr’s comments on unexpected results from seemingly banal work, tangentially makes me think of how UBI and science aren’t often mentioned together. But, there are people who, given their basic needs met, would happily throw their free time at the pursuit of science.
Last thought - I’m typing this on mobile and needed to look up the researchers’ names again. A quick google of “nitroplast” returned some top results that seemed like decent write ups but one didn’t mention either of them (nor the third researcher mentioned, Coale), and I realized that tying this article to a more human level really felt _good_. I think that it’s easy for articles about science to disregard that element - and to be fair, Nitroplast is more than these three people - but this form of writing and the way the journey was delivered felt really quite nice.
For someone who’s biology schooling largely culminated in a high school presentation of “how a virus works” rendered in a pirated copy of 3DS Max, it felt both accessible and informative without coming off as boring - actually I’m quite excited about the possibilities of continued research.
The fact that Hagino’s boss considered her research a waste of time, and both her and Zehr’s comments on unexpected results from seemingly banal work, tangentially makes me think of how UBI and science aren’t often mentioned together. But, there are people who, given their basic needs met, would happily throw their free time at the pursuit of science.
Last thought - I’m typing this on mobile and needed to look up the researchers’ names again. A quick google of “nitroplast” returned some top results that seemed like decent write ups but one didn’t mention either of them (nor the third researcher mentioned, Coale), and I realized that tying this article to a more human level really felt _good_. I think that it’s easy for articles about science to disregard that element - and to be fair, Nitroplast is more than these three people - but this form of writing and the way the journey was delivered felt really quite nice.