My First Science: Stories about early experiences with science
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
This week we present two stories from people telling the first time they crossed paths with science.
Part 1: In the third grade, Lylianna Allala finds out that her partner on the class solar system project isn't allowed to come over to her house.
Part 2: After surviving leukemia in her childhood and becoming a cancer research scientist, Vicky Forster finds herself working alongside the same doctor who saved her life.
Lylianna Allala is the City of Seattle’s Equity and Environment Program Manager at the Office of Sustainability & Environment, and has led environment and climate policy outreach for U.S Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. She is dedicated to working across difference to co-develop solutions that will lead us to a more equitable and just world. Lylianna's professional background includes monitoring the endangered Mitchell's Satyr butterfly, prescribed burning for habitat restoration, trail building in the Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness and restoring the West Duwamish Greenbelt, Seattle's largest contiguous forest. Lylianna has a B.A in English from Winona State University, a certificate in Non-Profit Management from Georgetown University and a certificate in Wetland Science and Management from the University of Washington. She is a current leadership fellow with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Lylianna is the board chair of Got Green, co-chair of the Open Space Equity Cabinet and board member of Short Run Comix and Arts Festival. A lifelong learner, Lylianna enjoys story telling as a way to develop deeper insights about self and the world around her.
Vicky Forster is a pediatric cancer research scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and survivor of childhood leukemia. She loves communicating her science, having done two TED talks and she currently writes as a contributor for Forbes. She is particularly passionate about advocating for better research into the side effects of cancer treatment and involving survivors in decision-making about what to research.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | I felt it was right. |
| 0:08.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:29.4 | I'm your host, Erin Barker. |
| 0:31.1 | And I'm your other host, Liz Neely. |
| 0:33.3 | And this week we're presenting stories about people's earliest experiences with science. |
| 0:37.9 | People love to talk about children as being born scientists, and they really are. |
| 0:43.1 | It's one of my favorite things are these research projects that show us exactly how sophisticated babies can be. |
| 0:50.0 | So, Erin, the researchers actually do magic tricks in front of the babies. |
| 0:55.0 | Like card tricks? |
| 0:56.5 | They do. |
| 0:57.4 | They analyze their reaction. |
| 0:58.3 | So they'll take a little toy car and they'll roll it across the table. |
| 1:02.4 | And normally you would roll it across the table and it'd fall off, right? |
| 1:05.0 | But instead of falling, it floats. |
| 1:08.2 | And so the babies are like, whoa. |
| 1:13.4 | They're surprised. But these babies, and they're little, |
| 1:18.7 | they're like, yes, less than a year old. But they don't just accept it. They instead, they want to figure it out. So they'll stare really intently at the floating car. And then if you let them touch it, |
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