Science Sam
@samanthayammine.com
Science Communicator with a PhD in cell & molecular biology + neuroscience.
🎙️ Host of Curiosity Weekly for Discovery
📺 Science Expert on CTV’s The Good Stuff
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samanthayammine.com
🎙️ Host of Curiosity Weekly for Discovery
📺 Science Expert on CTV’s The Good Stuff
🌈 she/her/هي
bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly
instagram.com/science.sam
samanthayammine.com
You can see more results below.
LEFT: The videos shown to participants are on the left.
RIGHT: the AI's descriptions after 100 iterations interpreting brain activity from each of the 6 participants.
LEFT: The videos shown to participants are on the left.
RIGHT: the AI's descriptions after 100 iterations interpreting brain activity from each of the 6 participants.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You can see more results below.
LEFT: The videos shown to participants are on the left.
RIGHT: the AI's descriptions after 100 iterations interpreting brain activity from each of the 6 participants.
LEFT: The videos shown to participants are on the left.
RIGHT: the AI's descriptions after 100 iterations interpreting brain activity from each of the 6 participants.
Watch the journey of AI models trying to describe a video someone was watching -- going off nothing but their brain activity.
Over 100 iterations, it went from "Given these principles" ... to "A circular and rotating shape is formed with subtly moving sections."
Pretty impressive???!
Over 100 iterations, it went from "Given these principles" ... to "A circular and rotating shape is formed with subtly moving sections."
Pretty impressive???!
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Watch the journey of AI models trying to describe a video someone was watching -- going off nothing but their brain activity.
Over 100 iterations, it went from "Given these principles" ... to "A circular and rotating shape is formed with subtly moving sections."
Pretty impressive???!
Over 100 iterations, it went from "Given these principles" ... to "A circular and rotating shape is formed with subtly moving sections."
Pretty impressive???!
The winners for the largest photo microscopy competition were just announced and they do NOT disappoint!!
[Photos shared with permission courtesy of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photo Competition] 🧪🔬
[Photos shared with permission courtesy of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photo Competition] 🧪🔬
October 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The winners for the largest photo microscopy competition were just announced and they do NOT disappoint!!
[Photos shared with permission courtesy of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photo Competition] 🧪🔬
[Photos shared with permission courtesy of the 2025 Nikon Small World Photo Competition] 🧪🔬
Dear friends with access to microscopes,
If you would ever permit me to share your microscopy videos, I can’t promise I’ll pronounce things properly but I absolutely will find the perfect song that captures the biology (wait for it). 🧪
If you would ever permit me to share your microscopy videos, I can’t promise I’ll pronounce things properly but I absolutely will find the perfect song that captures the biology (wait for it). 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Dear friends with access to microscopes,
If you would ever permit me to share your microscopy videos, I can’t promise I’ll pronounce things properly but I absolutely will find the perfect song that captures the biology (wait for it). 🧪
If you would ever permit me to share your microscopy videos, I can’t promise I’ll pronounce things properly but I absolutely will find the perfect song that captures the biology (wait for it). 🧪
The beauty of microscopic life 🔬🧪✨
The winners of the 2025 Nikon Small World in Motion competition are in and they are all GORGEOUS!!!
The winners of the 2025 Nikon Small World in Motion competition are in and they are all GORGEOUS!!!
September 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The beauty of microscopic life 🔬🧪✨
The winners of the 2025 Nikon Small World in Motion competition are in and they are all GORGEOUS!!!
The winners of the 2025 Nikon Small World in Motion competition are in and they are all GORGEOUS!!!
Two headlines in my inbox on the exact same day. 🧪
August 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Two headlines in my inbox on the exact same day. 🧪
Are you wearing enough sunscreen??!
@labmuffin.com spills the chemisTEA behind SPF, sunscreen policy & more on the latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly pod 🧪
Listen & lmk if you can tell I’m fangirling the entire time 🙂↕️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
@labmuffin.com spills the chemisTEA behind SPF, sunscreen policy & more on the latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly pod 🧪
Listen & lmk if you can tell I’m fangirling the entire time 🙂↕️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Are you wearing enough sunscreen??!
@labmuffin.com spills the chemisTEA behind SPF, sunscreen policy & more on the latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly pod 🧪
Listen & lmk if you can tell I’m fangirling the entire time 🙂↕️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
@labmuffin.com spills the chemisTEA behind SPF, sunscreen policy & more on the latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly pod 🧪
Listen & lmk if you can tell I’m fangirling the entire time 🙂↕️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
There are 2 types of people in this world:
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
There are 2 types of people in this world:
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
1) those who LOVE the Merlin Bird ID app, and 2) those who are about to fall in love with it thanks to @corinanewsome.bsky.social. 🧪
Which one are you? 🤭
"We've lost the plot a bit on what it means to be healthy."
@jessicamalaty.bsky.social dropped SO MANY GEMS as a guest expert on our latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly podcast.
We talked all about the measles outbreaks in the U.S. & the MMR vaccine. Don't miss it: bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly 🧪
@jessicamalaty.bsky.social dropped SO MANY GEMS as a guest expert on our latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly podcast.
We talked all about the measles outbreaks in the U.S. & the MMR vaccine. Don't miss it: bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly 🧪
April 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"We've lost the plot a bit on what it means to be healthy."
@jessicamalaty.bsky.social dropped SO MANY GEMS as a guest expert on our latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly podcast.
We talked all about the measles outbreaks in the U.S. & the MMR vaccine. Don't miss it: bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly 🧪
@jessicamalaty.bsky.social dropped SO MANY GEMS as a guest expert on our latest episode of the Curiosity Weekly podcast.
We talked all about the measles outbreaks in the U.S. & the MMR vaccine. Don't miss it: bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly 🧪
One of my favourite recent examples of community science:
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
One of my favourite recent examples of community science:
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
TONIGHT: a “blood moon” aka #TotalLunarEclipse!! ☀️🌎🌕
Here’s everything you need to know so you don’t miss it! 🧪
Here’s everything you need to know so you don’t miss it! 🧪
March 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
TONIGHT: a “blood moon” aka #TotalLunarEclipse!! ☀️🌎🌕
Here’s everything you need to know so you don’t miss it! 🧪
Here’s everything you need to know so you don’t miss it! 🧪
tell me you’re at a neuroscience conference without telling me you’re at a neuroscience conference 🧠 #neuroskyence
March 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
tell me you’re at a neuroscience conference without telling me you’re at a neuroscience conference 🧠 #neuroskyence
Dr. Tiara Moore—marine ecologist & founder of Black in Marine Science—was such a wonderful guest on this week’s episode of the Curiosity Weekly podcast 🎙️ bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly 🧪
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dr. Tiara Moore—marine ecologist & founder of Black in Marine Science—was such a wonderful guest on this week’s episode of the Curiosity Weekly podcast 🎙️ bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly 🧪
Science vs. Engineering, an astrobiologist’s perspective.
What a thrill to chat with Dr. Lynn Rothschild for the latest episode of Curiosity Weekly, the marquee science podcast for Discovery 🧪
What a thrill to chat with Dr. Lynn Rothschild for the latest episode of Curiosity Weekly, the marquee science podcast for Discovery 🧪
February 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Science vs. Engineering, an astrobiologist’s perspective.
What a thrill to chat with Dr. Lynn Rothschild for the latest episode of Curiosity Weekly, the marquee science podcast for Discovery 🧪
What a thrill to chat with Dr. Lynn Rothschild for the latest episode of Curiosity Weekly, the marquee science podcast for Discovery 🧪
Funny enough, they compared their periodic cooking method to the classic 1-hr sous vide method, below.
They did different visual & sensory analyses plus tested nutritional value and found their method “won” on all fronts. Though, debatable and … unclear if worth the effort 😅
They did different visual & sensory analyses plus tested nutritional value and found their method “won” on all fronts. Though, debatable and … unclear if worth the effort 😅
February 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Funny enough, they compared their periodic cooking method to the classic 1-hr sous vide method, below.
They did different visual & sensory analyses plus tested nutritional value and found their method “won” on all fronts. Though, debatable and … unclear if worth the effort 😅
They did different visual & sensory analyses plus tested nutritional value and found their method “won” on all fronts. Though, debatable and … unclear if worth the effort 😅
I think about the eggs I ate on my last trip to Paris at least once a week 😪
I love eggs this style, though I think they were purposely going for a former albumen (they did direct comparisons to eggs cooked for 1hr sous vide, which I think is similar to œuf parfait?)
I love eggs this style, though I think they were purposely going for a former albumen (they did direct comparisons to eggs cooked for 1hr sous vide, which I think is similar to œuf parfait?)
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I think about the eggs I ate on my last trip to Paris at least once a week 😪
I love eggs this style, though I think they were purposely going for a former albumen (they did direct comparisons to eggs cooked for 1hr sous vide, which I think is similar to œuf parfait?)
I love eggs this style, though I think they were purposely going for a former albumen (they did direct comparisons to eggs cooked for 1hr sous vide, which I think is similar to œuf parfait?)
January 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Throwback to July 2012, when the science community held a mock "Death of Evidence" funeral on the Canadian Parliament Hill.
In white lab coats or dressed in black, the protest mourned cuts to federal science programs, legislative changes & the muzzling of scientists by the government at the time.
🧪
In white lab coats or dressed in black, the protest mourned cuts to federal science programs, legislative changes & the muzzling of scientists by the government at the time.
🧪
January 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Throwback to July 2012, when the science community held a mock "Death of Evidence" funeral on the Canadian Parliament Hill.
In white lab coats or dressed in black, the protest mourned cuts to federal science programs, legislative changes & the muzzling of scientists by the government at the time.
🧪
In white lab coats or dressed in black, the protest mourned cuts to federal science programs, legislative changes & the muzzling of scientists by the government at the time.
🧪
2 days of brain development in a few seconds ⚡️
Magnified 40x, blue- & red-coloured axons extend out in search of new connections. Captured in a chick embryo, but a similar process takes place in our brains 🧠
🎥: Dr. Alexandre Dumoulin; 1st place in the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition 🧪
Magnified 40x, blue- & red-coloured axons extend out in search of new connections. Captured in a chick embryo, but a similar process takes place in our brains 🧠
🎥: Dr. Alexandre Dumoulin; 1st place in the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition 🧪
December 19, 2024 at 3:53 PM
2 days of brain development in a few seconds ⚡️
Magnified 40x, blue- & red-coloured axons extend out in search of new connections. Captured in a chick embryo, but a similar process takes place in our brains 🧠
🎥: Dr. Alexandre Dumoulin; 1st place in the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition 🧪
Magnified 40x, blue- & red-coloured axons extend out in search of new connections. Captured in a chick embryo, but a similar process takes place in our brains 🧠
🎥: Dr. Alexandre Dumoulin; 1st place in the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition 🧪
Finger-like projections lining the small intestine of a mouse.
You have these same types of folds in your gut, too. Just like how you fold your clothes to pack more in a suitcase, the lining of the gut does the same to pack in more surface area for absorbing nutrients from things you eat & drink.
You have these same types of folds in your gut, too. Just like how you fold your clothes to pack more in a suitcase, the lining of the gut does the same to pack in more surface area for absorbing nutrients from things you eat & drink.
November 27, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Finger-like projections lining the small intestine of a mouse.
You have these same types of folds in your gut, too. Just like how you fold your clothes to pack more in a suitcase, the lining of the gut does the same to pack in more surface area for absorbing nutrients from things you eat & drink.
You have these same types of folds in your gut, too. Just like how you fold your clothes to pack more in a suitcase, the lining of the gut does the same to pack in more surface area for absorbing nutrients from things you eat & drink.
Introducing the 100th woman to fly in space: ✨ASTRONAUT✨EMILY CALANDRELLI!!!!!!!!
Keep reaching for the stars, Emily, we are SO proud of you 🥹
Keep reaching for the stars, Emily, we are SO proud of you 🥹
November 22, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Introducing the 100th woman to fly in space: ✨ASTRONAUT✨EMILY CALANDRELLI!!!!!!!!
Keep reaching for the stars, Emily, we are SO proud of you 🥹
Keep reaching for the stars, Emily, we are SO proud of you 🥹