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YouTube video by LabX How I Became A Pharmacist Caring For My Community | I Was Born

🎧 New Episode Drops Tomorrow: Meet Harut - a pharmacist at CVS who built a passion around his career.

🔔 Hit the YouTube bell so you don’t miss it when it premieres: youtu.be/-BXnbGBqyWs
#IWasBorn #PharmacyLife #CVSHealth #NewEpisode #HealthcareStories #PharmacistVoices

Thanks to everyone who came out to our "Brains Behind The Bark" event this weekend. Shoutout to Dr. Elizabeth Warren from Johns Hopkins - who spoke about how we can actually study a dogs brain - as well as the MidAtlantic Search and Rescue Dogs and the National Capital Therapy Dogs.

YouTube video by LabX 🍅 What Makes Umami So Irresistible? The Chemistry Behind Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce Recipe

We made tomato sauce four ways—each one with a different umami booster.
Spoiler: MSG still slaps.
Full taste test + science breakdown is live on YouTube now. Go watch! youtu.be/Wj5sBadK96U
#ChemistsInTheKitchen

🐾🐶 Ever wonder what your dog is really thinking?

Join @labx.org on July 26 at 1 PM for Brains Behind the Bark at the NAS Building in DC—a family-friendly event with canine cognition researchers, trainers, and therapy dogs!

🎟️ See details & get tickets: labx.org/event/dog-da...

YouTube video by LabX 🍅 What Makes Umami So Irresistible? The Chemistry Behind Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce Recipe

We cooked. We tasted. We explained the science behind why these small swaps can make a big difference in flavor—and even help reduce sodium.

🎥 Watch the full episode here → youtu.be/Wj5sBadK96U

#LabX #UmamiExplained #ScienceIsDelicious

🍅We put Marcella Hazan’s viral tomato sauce to the test—four ways. Same recipe. Different salty, savory ingredients:
🧂 Salt
🥢 Soy sauce
🧴 MSG
✨ Nutritional yeast

The goal? Unlock the chemistry of umami with real scientists in the kitchen.

#ChemistsInTheKitchen #FoodScience #MarcellaHazan #MSG

Ever heard of a stroad? It lives somewhere in the void between a road and a street, and cities across the US are trying to fix their stroads to make them more effective.

Btw - this is the first episode of a new series we’re launching on TikTok! Follow @labxnas there for more!

Did you hear that we’re bringing dogs to the National Academy of Sciences? Get your tickets to our Brains Behind The Bark event today!

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-brains...

Also it's a stacked lineup with Aparna Nancherla, Alyssa Limperis, and Lily Du!

Calendar (Squad Up) — Dynasty Typewriter

A comedy show and free ice cream? SAY LESS AND GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...

K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas. Consensus Study Report. To the right is an image of children gathering around their teacher and an instructor with a handful of wheat.

Rural students face early and growing gaps in #STEM achievement, course access, and career pathways. But local strengths offer new possibilities.

Read more: buff.ly/hyzZt8l

If you're in DC, free during the day on June 16th, and would like to be filmed playtesting the game @yeonsoonerorlater.bsky.social & I are making for @labx.org at the National Academies of Science, gimme a holler!

Friday Findings

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YouTube video by LabX How To Make Flan | A Chemists in the Kitchen Recipe

Our first recipe from Season 5 of Chemists in the Kitchen is all about making the best flan you can! Check it out and tell us what you think - we want to see photos of everyone's flan from this recipe 🍮 youtube.com/shorts/LdE0H...

#recipe #flan #dessert #recipes #recipevideo #

Yoga, sound bath, and brain science—under one historic dome.
Join us May 10 for Smart Yoga at the National Academy of Sciences 🧠🧘‍♀️

With neuroscientist Priyanka Bushna, physicist David Canales Garcia & instructor Dana Smith.
🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/smart-yoga...

#SmartYoga #WellnessDC

I would be so terrified working with a $1M machine of any kind…

#million #machine #comedy #comedycentral #microscope #standup #standupcomedy #science

Had an amazing time running a campaign of #BLOOMFALL at #BreakoutCon this year 🌹 AND we got in some real life plant interaction to go with it 🎉 Shoutout to @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @yeonsoonerorlater.bsky.social for helping create such an amazing game ❤️

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Players engrossed in the game at the table

Sharang and NAS representative Nawar smiling and posing with plants

A player engaging with a potted plant with blue and white flowers

Just ran a demo of BLOOMFALL, the game @yeonsoonerorlater.bsky.social & I are designing for @labx.org at the National Academy of Sciences!

Playtest went super-well. Can you guess what we're doing with the plants?

Don't forget to catch our full episode of dehydrating foods here: ow.ly/a5Ks50VacTz

YouTube video by Chemistry Shorts® Mighty Microbes: The Power of Protective Polymers

"Mighty Microbes" from @ChemistryShorts explores how new, self-assembling polymer coatings create chemical “suits of armor” for microbes, giving problem-solving scientists the ability to transport them to wherever they need to go. Watch here: youtu.be/MIcyvHryAYg

Applications are open for the awards for excellence in science communications, which honor science communicators, journalists, and researchers who communicated issues or advances in science, engineering, and medicine in 2024.

Apply now:
www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #scicomm

YouTube video by LabX How I Became A Racing Engineer for @NASCAR - JR Houston | I Was Born

Did you catch our latest episode of I Was Born with @nascar.com's JR Houston? Check out how an engineer find his way to working on his childhood passion - and the moments that brought him to where he is today. #nascar #racing #daytona #daytona500 #engineer #engineering #science #scientist #auto #car

george church

"People think it's great to be ahead of your time, but it can actually be quite painful". Portrait of Professor @geochurch.bsky.social for the @nationalacademies.org. #NewHeroes

City of helpers Dining for fire relief, where to donate, LA voices, links

LA is home to our Wrong Answers Only show, and we hold everyone in our hearts as the fires continue. Our friends at Found LA shared this beautiful resource about how to help in these trying times, and wanted to share it with you:

YouTube video by LabX How I Became A Molecular Biologist Who Has Faith - Tshaka Cunningham | I Was Born

Despite never attending Howard University, Tshaka sees himself as the product of HBCUs since he attended classes with his mom when he was as young as one year old. Watch our 4th episode of I Was Born to learn about Tshaka's journey in genomic science!

Come see Wrong Answers Only at SF Sketchfest with Dulcé Sloan, Samm Levine, and Aparna Nancherla! Jan 26 7:30PM @ The Gateway Theater - be there or be ⬛

YouTube video by LabX Milkshake Recipe | Chemists in the Kitchen

Bluesky missed this but make sure to check out our #milkshake #recipe video here:

is this like carcinization

A throwback!