Storify - The Best Quantum Physics Tweets

We've recently been using Storify to collate the best tweets on some of our daily challenges. Yesterday, our topic was Quantum Physics and I personally was left more confused than before! Anyway, there were some excellent, informative and amusing tweets. Check out the Storify below.

First month of #Science140

It's one month since we kicked off the Science 140 project and the response has been unbelievable. We just wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the past month and thank everyone who has participated so far. 

The past 30 days have surpassed our expectations! #Science140 highlights:

 ^ 170 brilliant contributors

 ^ 919 submissions (as of this morning)

 ^ 20,585 words & 112,955 characters worth of tweets!

 — 24 science topic challenges 

 — "Science jokes" was the most popular topic with over 150 hilarious tweets

 U Announcement of our charity partner - Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland

All the contributors have used their creativity to squeeze science into 140 characters. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported and contributed to Science 140. In particular we'd like to mention the following serial contributors:

• Markus ★ Hammonds  @InvaderXan (90 submissions!)
• Paul Lavin  @plavin1922 (76 submissions!)
• Michael Habib  @aeroevo
• Stephen Uitti  @suitti
• Science Geeks  @SciGeeks
• Russell Dornan  @RussellDornan
• Alice Sheppard  @PenguinGalaxy
• Ness T  @ceaselessness
• Peter Board  @PBCSciTutor
• Aonghus Ó hAlmhain  @aonghusoha
• Brian Goulet  @CapitainOmega
• Fiona Doris  @FionaDoris

Science 140 will be collating tweets for another 2 months so keep your tweets coming and look out for daily challenges!

- The Science 140 Team

Our Favourite "Women in Science"... so far!

Thanks for all your tweets yesterday highlighting the significant accomplishments of so many extraordinary women in science. Below are a few of our favourites so far.  

• Catherine Duigan ‏ @kate_llyn - #Science140 Rachel Carson founder of the environmental movement with Silent Spring opened our eyes to the impact of DDT 
• Ness T ‏ @ceaselessness - Ada Lovelace wrote what is considered the first computer program — that is, an algorithm encoded for processing by a machine. #science140
• Catherine Cronin @catherinecronin - #science140 Historian/biologist Evelyn Fox Keller on nature-nurture debate: heredity& environment "intricately entangled" can't be separated
• Fiona Doris @FionaDoris - "Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow" Maria Mitchell (1818) structure sunspots #science140
• David Pyle‏ @davidmpyle - @Science140 Shortest scientific paper title? Inge Lehmann's report of her discovery of Earth's inner core is just called P'
• Aoife McLysaght @aoifemcl- Florence Nightingale was the first woman elected to fellowship of the Royal Statistical Society #science140
• Mary Mullaghy @mmeureka - Marie Sklodowska Curie - The first woman to win a Nobel prize and the only woman to win two! #science140
• Azeeza ‏ @krazeescientist - Rosalind Franklin collected x-ray diffraction data that helped Watson and Crick unravel the structure of DNA. The secret of #science140.
• Catherine Duigan ‏ @kate_llyn - Marie Stopes, palaeobotanist, began the sexual revolution, Married Love (1918) sold over 1 m copies in 13 languages #Science140
• Sam Arman ‏ @Samosthenurus - As a child Mary Anning sold fossils to support her widowed mother, spurring the phrase 'she sells sea shells by the sea shore' #science140

Today on #Science140 - Women in Science

Hope you're enjoying your Bank Holiday Monday!

Today's #Science140 theme is 'Women in Science'. We want 140 character biographies on scientists that inspire you. We'd also like some interesting facts about women in science and their innovative research. Historic figures are important but don't forget to include some modern women. If you have any stats about women in science, throw them up too.

We'll put together a post with ten of the best tomorrow!

Our Favourite "Science Experiments You Can Do At Home" ... so far!

We got loads of ideas yesterday from your brilliant tweets on possible experiments you can do at home. Below are some of our favourites submitted. Try them and let us know how you get on!

Markus ★ Hammonds ‏ @InvaderXan
Dissolve as much sugar as u can into boiling water, then pour into a jar. Hang a string into it. Leave and watch crystals grow! #science140

Shaun ‏ @shaunoboyle
Rinse plastic bottle with diluted alcohol. Use bike pump to increase pressure inside. Release quickly... Cloud in a bottle! #science140

Markus ★ Hammonds ‏ @InvaderXan
If it's cold outside, pour boiling water into an empty metal oil tin. Leave it outside. Air pressure will crush it as it cools! #science140

Daniel Colquitt ‏ @danielcolquitt
#science140 Cornflower + water + hammer or old speaker cone = hours of [messy] fun

Mark Lorch ‏ @Sci_ents
@science140 Get an empty drink can & a balloon. Rub the balloon on your hair. Hold balloon near can. Watch it roll.

Paul Lavin ‏ @plavin1922
@science140 Add dark food colouring into water. Then place a white petaled flower stem into it. Over time, the petals will change colour!

Eilis McGrath ‏ @NerdOdactyl
Vegetable oil & magnetic ink/toner for a printer make a great ferrofluid- all you need to to do is add a magnet #science140

Holly Kershaw ‏ @cholly_
Place some whole milk in a saucer, add a few drops food dye. Put in a drop of detergent and watch what happens to the fats! #science140

Today on #Science140 - Experiments You Can Do At Home!

Today's #Science140 theme is "experiments you can do at home". We want simple investigations that can be carried out safely in your kitchen, living room or bedroom (on second thoughts, maybe not the bedroom - there are kids following us!). There are some great ones coming in already and tomorrow we'll put together a post with ten of the best!

So, go on! Give it a go!