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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · Sep 9

Science lovers & streamers—let’s connect at #TwitchCon San Diego! We are thrilled to be hosting five exciting events around science, art, IRL, games, and more!

We are looking forward to connecting

Drop a comment or DM—let’s make this the most fun part of the con!

www.twitchcon.com/san-diego-20...

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 2h

We chatted about mantis vision and a study on naked mole rat aging! Thank you @rogan27 @jddoesdev.bsky.social @boulean.bsky.social @dostuffmakethings.bsky.social @theshyhat @freshmeat911.bsky.social @serenoctem @maxmoneyawa georgiapower for the raids! We passed the love to @morganafreya.bsky.social!

SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 9h

It's Microscopy Monday! Join us as talk about cool science news in naked mole rats, and as we examine tiny worlds under the microscope!

9pm EDT

#science #twitch #TwitchPartner #live #stem #sciants #livestream #scicomm #twitchambassador #youtube

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 11h

Why on earth are scientists putting tiny pairs of 3D glasses on praying mantises? What is it showing, demonstrating, highlighting? Check out our latest short for the answers!

#scicomm #stem #sciants #science

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 12h

With armored shells and blue blood, horseshoe crabs look like creatures from another world!

In our latest video, we get up close with living horseshoe crabs to explore their unique biology, from compound eyes and book gills to their critical role in modern medicine.

#stem

youtu.be/vttY4bClcB0

SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 17h

#SciAnts stream schedule for week is live! Science fun for our amazing community with news, art, IRL, games and more!

Week of 10/13/25--TWITCH CON WEEK

#scicomm #stem #twitchpartner #twitch #twitchambassador #live #twitchtv #sciants #Science

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 1d

#TwitchCon is in a few days and we have special edition SciAnts merchandise! Come find at the con for some Hollow Knight inspired swag, plus more stickers, panels, workshops and beyond! 👀🧪👀

SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 2d

JERNJAM! We played so many wonderful games made by the community and handed out so many prizes with @irishjohngames.bsky.social ! Thank you @ultrasaurus.ca @drdaubs.bsky.social @pennymeowy.bsky.social @sp00kysprinkles @gr1mreaper619 for the raids! We passed the love to @hypnotikgames.bsky.social!

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 2d

Live today for the #JernJam awards with @IrishJohnGames! Awarding the awards for our game jam!

10pm EDT

#science #twitch #TwitchPartner #live #stem #sciants #livestream #scicomm #twitchambassador #youtube

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 3d

Wheat is one of the most important crops in human history. It's also important in Hades! The differences between edible and inedible is huge. In fact, Teosinte and Maize is About 5 Genes! Plant domestication can happen without large genetic changes!

#scicomm #stem

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 4d

Thank you for the rabbit hole filled SciAnts Thursday! We chatted addiction neuroscience, drug interactions + metabolism, and so much more! Thank you @sharkgeek.bsky.social @adatenightin @mister__brain @ashleefl.bsky.social for the raids! We passed the love to @tergus86!

SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 4d

It's SciAnts Thursday! Tonight, we are diving into the small world with @TeamCherryGames Silksong and examining the science in game!

9pm EDT

#science #twitch #TwitchPartner #live #stem #sciants #livestream #scicomm #twitchambassador #youtube

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 4d

Poppies exist in real life pharmacology to act on receptors in the brain to dampen pain. Where can this be seen in a video game? Hades II! One can cultivate these plants and induce dream like states in game similar to real life!

#scicomm #stem #sciants

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 4d

A microbe that changes your brain and your love life? That’s Wolbachia.

In our newest video, we dive into new research showing how the bacterial symbiont Wolbachia infiltrates fruit fly brains and subtly changes how they behave.

#scicomm #stem #science #sciants

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 5d

We chatted embryo development, haploinsufficiency and continued on science art! Thank you @rhacodactylus.bsky.social @ScientistAsk @blaisebits.bsky.social @kaseysnowart.bsky.social @sunoshecano.bsky.social @songbirder.social @hollyesterday for the raids! We passed the love to @yoshimyan.bsky.social!

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 5d

It's Wacom Wednesday! We will be working on science art, themed Nightmare Before Christmas!

Come join us as we create SciArt to excite more about science!

9pm EDT

#twitch #stem #TwitchPartner #live #livestream #twitchstreamer #sciants #scicomm

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 5d

Yes. Science in Hades II. Nightshade, not just in the game, it can be poisonous in real life. This is all dose dependent, where certain lower doses have medicinal value while higher doses are deadly!

#scicomm #stem #sciants #science

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 6d

Thank you for the fun Tinker Tuesday! We examined Dog training and its link to IQ tests in dogs, plus chatted evolution of RNA-DNA-Protein as an origin of life in an impromptu deep dive! Thank you @paleontologizing.bsky.social for the raid! We passed the love to @ashleefl.bsky.social !

SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 6d

It's a Tinker Tuesday! Today we will be chatting genetic engineering in extinct animals, dog genetics, and science rabbit holes galore!

9pm EDT

#science #twitch #TwitchPartner #live #stem #sciants #livestream #scicomm #twitchambassador #youtube

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 6d

Hades II and science? Truly you jest! Not at all! This game is full of science, specifically botany. Today we discuss mandrakes--in game use and if it's science accurate!

#scicomm #stem #sciants #science

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 6d

Did you know we have a podcast? The Formicary is a collection of interviews done on stream sciants.com/the-formicary

New episode out! This time we dive deep into the world of Gastric Cancer, Neutrophils, and Lung Cancer

#scicomm #podcast #stem

youtu.be/5PO3RCso1UI

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Jackie Montstream @jackiefredhutch.bsky.social · 13d

Our fourth annual #RaidsforResearch stream event benefitting @fredhutch.org was a huge success! We raised over $33k and had 20 incredible Twitch creators stream for a whole week, celebrating World Cancer Research day! From a 48-hour raid train to 5 researchers jumping on streams, it was amazing 💜👩‍🔬🔬

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Imperial - Spicy Disaster @imperial.bsky.social · 10d

I am so lucky to be constantly surrounded by the best of people and get to do such amazing things 💙💙

3k+ and so many future opportunities- thanks for having us @GDB_official / @twitch!

SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 10d

We had the pleasure of visiting and live streaming on behalf of Twitch at Guide Dogs for the Blind with fellow ambassadors @xdetune.bsky.social and @imperial.bsky.social! Together we raised over 3k$! All of their services are provided at no charge to clients.

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 7d

Thank you for the wonderful Microscopy Monday! We chatted about the Nobel Prize for T-regulatory cells, and examined fruits and ancient amber under the microscope! Thank you @dostuffmakethings.bsky.social for the raid! We passed the love to @ashsaidhi.bsky.social!

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 7d

It's Microscopy Monday! Join us as talk about the new Nobel Prize in Medicine, and as we examine tiny worlds under the microscope!

9pm EDT

#science #twitch #TwitchPartner #live #stem #sciants #livestream #scicomm #twitchambassador #youtube

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SciAnts Media @sciantsmedia.com · 7d

Did you know that #Hades2 is full of science, particularly botany? Today we talk about in game garlic cloves and compare them to the real life variety. This is another great example of science being all around us!

#scicomm #stem #sciants #science

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