We try Sciku, the science haiku

As an exercise in science communication and something of a creative outlet for our various research projects, we embraced this article recently published in Science. A lot of fun, and surprisingly addictive, here we present some of the best “sciku” (science haiku) we produced, granted some are slightly more profound than others:

Science, a firefly
It lights up the world, sometimes
Always a glimmer.

– Devi Stuart-Fox

DNA reveals
The complex tale of two groups
Of vibrant lizards.

– Caroline Dong

A flower’s crisis:
Are brighter colours better
When dressing for bees?

Bee experiments
Are basically just praying
That the bee comes back.
– Leslie Ng

Tawnies are coloured
But not when they are stressed
Corticosterone.

Agamids have red
What pigmentary driver?
It’s drosopterin.

– Katrina Rankin

Nature architect,
Building house with network silk,
Home for host and thief.

– Po Peng