Alex Brown: The nature of time and meningitis
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2013
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Science writer Alex Brown's philosophical education becomes very practical when he is diagnosed with meningitis. Every week the Story Collider brings you a true, personal story about science. Find more here: http://storycollider.org/ Alex Brown has a BSc Natural Sciences from the University of Bath and will soon graduate with an MSc Science Communication from the University of the West of England. He currently works in administration in a lab in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also fascinated by the interaction between languages and science, which he blogs about on "Do You Speak Science?" hosted by SciLogs.com
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| 0:00.0 | Gina's a muncher. |
| 0:02.4 | Jackson Nippler. |
| 0:04.6 | Lucy likes to linger. |
| 0:08.1 | But not for too long. |
| 0:10.2 | And Harry? |
| 0:12.0 | Thank you, Harry. |
| 0:13.5 | Mikado is the crunchy biscuit stick |
| 0:15.4 | dipped in smooth milk chocolate |
| 0:17.3 | and makes other biscuits look so ordinary. |
| 0:20.3 | Mikado is deliciously Moorish. |
| 0:22.5 | However you enjoy it, make every day more Macardo. |
| 0:26.4 | Grab a pack in your local store today. |
| 0:28.5 | Find Macardo in the biscuit aisle. |
| 0:32.1 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:35.2 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:36.7 | I felt... And I just thought, well... It felt... |
| 0:37.8 | I was so... |
| 0:39.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:40.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:43.2 | Because science was on my side. |
| 1:01.6 | Hey, everyone. I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true stories of how science has affected people's lives. |
| 1:10.4 | This week's story is from Alex Brown. The story was recorded in June 2013 at Bart's Pathology Museum in London. |
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