There's such a reassuring confidence about @jamespenha.bsky.social's poetry. Today's #Sciku is purposeful, restrained, wise & balanced, and inspired by a fascinating article too.
you will not step twice
in the same river as long
as you are alive
#ScienceHaiku
thescikuproject.com/2026/03/26/s...
Video coding:
it's a tricky business, folks!
So let's improve that
#sciencehaiku #sciku
Nikolai Kokinov (Supervisors J Ainge & V A Smith)
Gardening in school
Improves kids' concentration
Teachers like it too
#sciencehaiku #sciku
Kaeli Gibson (Supervisor: B Dritschel)
Coercive control
can have cognitive impacts
(New, ongoing, work)
#sciencehaiku #sciku
Gretchen Jakub (Supervisors B Dritschel and D Donaldson)
Children do better
On memry tasks with 'baiting'
(Monkeys? No effect)
#sciencehaiku #sciku
Janie Fink (Supervisors A Seed and A Barron)
Our research carries
some emotional demands
Let's talk about that
(extremely belated) #sciencehaiku #sciku from last Friday's seminar by @julier282.bsky.social
We want net zero
So, how to build good habits?
Alter the defaults
#sciencehaiku #sciku
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
@lwhitmarsh.bsky.social
Delighted to feature this wonderful #Sciku by Nancie Zivetz-Gertler, I love the way it moves from the chemical to the visual to something... more. Enchanting!
mix in some sugar
and the red only deepens
the leaves are changing
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Fall
thescikuproject.com/2026/02/20/c...
"From sound to meaning?"
The question mark's important.
Watch out for confounds!
#sciencehaiku
@cdaube.bsky.social
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
Being wheeled around
seems to divert attention
(Speed doesn't matter)
Nancy Zheng (Supervisor: D Donaldson)
#sciencehaiku
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
Cultural trauma:
A qualitative study
in Maharashtra
Samata Shinde (Supervisor: S Pehrson)
#sciencehaiku
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
Social behaviour
tracks local ecology
through life history
#sciencehaiku
@dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
A delightfully light-hearted #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social this week. Clever wordplay on top of dense quantum physics and not a dead/alive cat in sight!
quantum superpositioning myself in her g-B-o-A-o-D-d books
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Quantum #Schrödinger
thescikuproject.com/2026/02/13/a...
What factors predict
Performance anxiety?
(Cross-cultural work!)
Chloe Lim
(Supervisor: I Jentzsch)
#sciencehaiku
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
I can't work out whether the idea behind this excellent #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social is bleak or weirdly positive. Perhaps it's both? Either way, it's a great poem!
quantum worlds
every possibility
has an ending
#ScienceHaiku #ManyWorlds #SciComm
thescikuproject.com/2026/02/05/m...
Why does being sad
cause less-specific recall?
(It's complicated)
Jiaqi Chen
(Supervisors: B Dritschel and @lizziebradford.bsky.social )
#sciencehaiku
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
Younger kids slow down
When watched by a scientist
Hence, fewer mistakes
@aurelfrick.bsky.social (Study 2)
#sciencehaiku
Does there have to be
an activist's dilemma?
Depends who's acting
Sunniva Davies-Rommetveit (Supervisor: Nicole Tausch) (29/1/26)
#sciencehaiku
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
What makes a rat help?
Having been helped in the past
(Or, partner control)
Jose Pablo Campos Torres (Supervisor: Manon Schweinfurth) (29/1/26)
#sciencehaiku
@standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social
When I was on T****er I used to live-tweet conferences in haiku format, and I loved it. So I thought I'd start #sciencehaiku 'ing our weekly seminars.
Delighted to welcome Tony Williams back to The Sciku Project with this excellent #Sciku. It's a delightful concept and that first line is exquisite!
rockpool physics…
I dip my ToE
in the unfathomable water
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Theoryofeverything
thescikuproject.com/2026/01/29/t...
Eternally grateful to @haikuhawk.bsky.social for his wonderful and clever poetry. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
möbius strip
sending a thank-you card
for a thank-you card
#Sciku #ScienceHaiku #SciComm #Mobius
thescikuproject.com/2026/01/22/e...
We're starting 2026 with this phenomenal and poignant #Sciku by @haikuhawk.bsky.social. John is a master at blending the scientific and the personal in just a few gorgeously arranged words.
black hole horizon
the galaxy of freckles
mum used to own
#ScienceHaiku
thescikuproject.com/2026/01/09/f...
@mfainzilber.bsky.social's poetry always combines captivating writing with fascinating subjects. Today's #Sciku is no different, exploring the toxic relationships of blue ringed octopi:
love hurts
the semen
and the venom
#SciComm #SciArt #ScienceHaiku #Octopi
thescikuproject.com/2025/12/18/a...
This latest #Sciku by Mariya Gusev is utterly exquisite, for me it's about as perfect as a poem can be.
mountains and valleys
slip through a child's fingers
evening in the dunes
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Geology #Sand
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/18/t...
Such a bittersweet #Sciku by Scott Edgar, the contrast in scales so powerful and thought-provoking:
Through interstellar
Space to us then getting lost
In yellow street lamps
#ScienceHaiku #SciComm #SciArt #Starlight #LightPollution
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/12/m...
This #Sciku by Mariya Gusev is an utter delight - sweet, funny & thoughtful. It's also inspired by some fascinating research into the sounds of the sun, well worth reading about!
roar of tiny suns
they call them dandelions
for a good reason
#ScienceHaiku
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/10/t...
So pleased to publish a second stunning #Sciku by Maryam Imogen Ghouth, exploring the contradiction of both the sun and ourselves.
The sun holds a war—
inward pull and outward fire—
I am made of her.
#ScienceHaiku #SciArt #SciComm #Sun
thescikuproject.com/2025/11/06/t...
Delighted to welcome Mariya Gusev to The Sciku Project, with a wonderful #Sciku using the orbits of comets to explore human relationships. The phrasing of each line is exquisite!
path of a comet
orbit eccentricity
classified as love
#ScienceHaiku #SciArt
thescikuproject.com/2025/10/20/e...
Mark Gilbert wrote one of my favourite poems featured on The Sciku Project in 2023 and I'm delighted to publish his latest #Sciku, which is both a delight and utterly fascinating:
four-limbed starfish
swimming against the tide
entropy machine
#ScienceHaiku
thescikuproject.com/2025/10/16/l...
