Dear readers,
It’s been just over a year since I started Science Stories!
I have no intention of stopping, but I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who’s subscribed or even just read one of my pieces. The whole reason for starting this was to hold myself accountable for actually writing something, and knowing that 99 of you were there, expecting to receive a post every Thursday, made me stick to my goal far more effectively than I could have managed by myself.
A word about the content itself: I tend to write about what I like, which is mostly animals. But! If there’s any style of story you particularly liked, a subject I haven’t touched on or that you think I should elaborate on, a science writer you think I (or anyone else) should read — please tell me! Leave a comment, message me on Instagram, write me an email, whatever you want. Aside from making this newsletter more interesting for you, I like getting feedback, and I’m constantly looking for new ideas because writing two stories a week has taken up a lot of my inspiration. So please write if you have anything to say!
That’s all for this week. I’ll leave you with the same information I included in my very first post, which is that male manakins (a kind of bird) have backup dancers for their mating dance, who are all male manakins hoping to eventually become the main dancer. However, this time I’ll leave you with a video that illustrates it beautifully.
Thank you again for reading, and I’ll be back next week with a new story!