Congratulations to the winners of Science Unsealed’s Sci-ku contest! We had a blast reading through all the entries, and are delighted to share these Sci-ku with the world.

Next up is limericks, so get ready to rhyme!


Biology ‘n’ Brains

My tangled proteins; 

amyloid plaques hang like cobwebs

trapping me in time.

-Michael Sherrillo


Space, time, waves

I fight entropy.

What a meaningless battle.

I will always lose.

-José Poves


Nature/climate

Below freezing temps

“Global warming isn’t real!”

Weather, not climate

-Sarah Anderson

Robots
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Destroy all humans!

Well, Fry is an okay guy,

He can have a pass

-Paul Eberhart


Bonus CATegory: cats!

dimensional rift – 

a tuxedo cat dances

in and out of time

-Valentina Ranaldi-Adams

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