About
Akira has always been captivated with the art of storytelling. He soon realized that he could merge this interest with his scientific career. For example, how would you explain what DNA is to a 5 year old child? He believes that questions like this can be clearly answered by using metaphors and stories which can be easily understood by everyone. Since science is one of the best ways to uncover the beauty of our world, Akira aims to bring this message across by sharing exciting and elegant scientific stories with TheScienceBreaker.
Published Breaks
- Evolution & Behaviour
The evolution of the new coronavirus: what the past teaches us for a better future
09/04/20204 min read7,156 views - Health & Physiology
Sleep or die: how good sleep decreases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
23/10/20194 min read4,089 views - Maths, Physics & Chemistry
Making “hoppy” beer without hops
30/10/20184 min read8,258 views
Edited Breaks
- Psychology
How accurate is our memory?
25/08/20214 min read62,566 views - Health & Physiology
Age matters: how aging affects cancer
19/08/20213 min read4,118 views - Psychology
Can placebos make you feel better?
17/08/20213 min read5,828 views - Psychology
Damping bad memories to live without concerns
12/08/20214 min read3,993 views - Psychology
College roommates influence each other’s political ideology
05/08/20213 min read4,928 views - Health & Physiology
Gut microbes govern cancer
29/07/20214 min read4,062 views - Earth & Space
How fisheries bring carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere
23/07/20213 min read5,821 views - Evolution & Behaviour
How did wild cats turn into our beloved domestic animals?
19/07/20214 min read8,719 views - Earth & Space
Overfishing endangers oceanic sharks and rays
14/07/20214 min read5,941 views - Earth & Space
Global warming puts fish mating at risk
12/07/20214 min read4,472 views - Maths, Physics & Chemistry
How an artificial intelligence bends a single molecule
09/07/20215 min read3,923 views - Evolution & Behaviour
Sea otters: how welcome should a recovering top predator be?
07/07/20214 min read5,747 views - Earth & Space
No longer a secret: advanced satellite technologies monitor illegal ‘dark vessels’
02/07/20214 min read5,719 views - Health & Physiology
Transforming the spleen into a functioning liver
30/06/20213 min read3,575 views - Maths, Physics & Chemistry
What can land-free Earth teach us about climate evolution?
28/06/20214 min read4,397 views - Earth & Space
A peculiar bright burst of radio waves in the Milky Way
23/06/20213 min read4,396 views - Evolution & Behaviour
Homing pigeons find their way home by smelling the air
15/06/20214 min read11,482 views - Earth & Space
Message in a frozen bubble: Antarctic ice reveals abrupt rises in atmospheric CO2 in the ancient past
09/06/20215 min read4,204 views - Health & Physiology
How low protein diets promote healthy aging
08/06/20214 min read6,882 views - Health & Physiology
How a protein modification navigates sperm to the egg
04/06/20214 min read5,217 views - Health & Physiology
New treatment options for Zika virus infection
02/06/20214 min read3,965 views - Earth & Space
Networking between marine protected areas help sustain fisheries
31/05/20214 min read4,149 views - Earth & Space
How rain sculpts mountains
27/05/20215 min read6,853 views - Earth & Space
What the Earth’s ‘voice’ tells us about its underground architecture
25/05/20214 min read4,702 views - Maths, Physics & Chemistry
How an artificial molecular machine pumps in nanoscale
20/05/20214 min read4,227 views - Evolution & Behaviour
Ancient Mesoamerica demonstrates we’ve been ballgame lovers for more than 3000 years
18/05/20214 min read4,780 views - Earth & Space
‘Rivers in the sky’ carrying warm air destroy precious Antarctic sea ice
06/05/20213 min read5,380 views - Evolution & Behaviour
Raincoats in nature: waterproof armors for insects and plants
30/04/20213 min read5,414 views - Psychology
Sleepiness can disturb our social life
28/04/20213 min read5,070 views - Health & Physiology
Tougher than expected: insulin’s surprising thermostability expands diabetes patients’ hope in tropical countries
26/04/20214 min read4,220 views - Evolution & Behaviour
More than money: what do we need to adapt to climate change?
22/04/20214 min read3,948 views - Evolution & Behaviour
How the ancient ‘hell ant’ got its bizarre horn
20/04/20213 min read6,797 views - Health & Physiology
Forced to react: 3D printing can stretch a single cell
16/04/20214 min read4,637 views - Evolution & Behaviour
Let’s live together: sharing with others may help us live longer
14/04/20213 min read5,031 views - Microbiology
Microbial life on our tongue
12/04/20214 min read10,003 views - Earth & Space
Leveraging Earth to study how water formed on ancient Mars
07/04/20214 min read6,079 views - Earth & Space
Diversity may save wines from climate change
26/03/20214 min read4,504 views - Health & Physiology
Awake or dreaming: how brain ‘noise’ tells the difference
22/03/20214 min read6,724 views - Health & Physiology
What genetics teaches us about living a long and healthy life
16/03/20214 min read5,297 views - Earth & Space
Deep-sea mining may threaten microbial communities
15/03/20214 min read4,639 views - Earth & Space
The stars that time forgot remember the youth of our Milky Way
12/03/20214 min read4,065 views - Earth & Space
Could COVID-19 decide our climate future?
10/03/20214 min read4,345 views - Neurobiology
How your body knows to shout ‘ouch’
05/03/20214 min read4,359 views - Earth & Space
Is dark matter lighting up the sky with X-rays?
02/03/20214 min read4,189 views - Microbiology
Tuberculosis drug discovery: an in-house toxin blocks pathogenic bacterial growth
26/02/20213 min read4,761 views - Earth & Space
Too hot to stay cool: dangerously accelerating glaciers’ melt in New Zealand
24/02/20214 min read3,960 views - Earth & Space
Exposing the remnant core of a giant planet
22/02/20214 min read4,991 views - Plant Biology
How a mint turned into catmint
17/02/20214 min read7,867 views - Evolution & Behaviour
Shelling out for dinner: dolphins’ foraging technique spreads socially among peers
16/02/20214 min read5,000 views - Microbiology
Engineering bacteria to save honey bees
11/02/20214 min read8,516 views - Evolution & Behaviour
The mystery of an ancient reptile with a ridiculously long neck
08/02/20214 min read7,382 views - Earth & Space
What the “invisible” side of the Moon is like
04/02/20213 min read4,395 views - Health & Physiology
Diagnosing cancer by microbial signatures
03/02/20214 min read4,860 views - Earth & Space
A neighborhood in space: finding the Moon’s age to understand Earth’s evolution
01/02/20214 min read4,727 views - Earth & Space
What Caribbean coasts can tell us about the future of climate change
28/01/20213 min read4,998 views - Health & Physiology
The Trojan mosquito: an in-house parasite defends against malaria
26/01/20213 min read9,533 views - Earth & Space
A rapidly changing ocean is alarming for fisheries sustainability
22/01/20214 min read4,206 views - Evolution & Behaviour
It’s clear: the glass frog’s transparent belly has a special advantage
20/01/20214 min read12,246 views - Earth & Space
Cometary nitrogenous salts tell about the Solar System’s history
15/01/20214 min read4,508 views - Plant Biology
A future of tasty tomatoes
14/01/20203 min read7,358 views - Plant Biology
How plants protect themselves from salt stress
26/06/20194 min read4,527 views - Earth & Space
Staying ahead of the wave: predicting fishing efforts in a changing world to save biodiversity
25/03/20194 min read4,844 views