Ben Young Landis

@younglandis

Human. Taiwanese. Writer/Creator. Designing lasting impact for science, environment, and society. 🧠 @cr8xt.bsky.social 🐟 @betterknowafish.bsky.social 🧋 @yangjundah.bsky.social 📍 TAIWAN 台灣

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· 15d

So join us as Dr. McRae teaches us about our undersea natural treasures! Bring a friend or come meet new ones—and leave with a deeper appreciation for our planet and humanity. Let’s toast to knowledge! 敬幾杯，科學會！歡迎大家: www.facebook.com/events/10351... #Taipei #Taiwan #台灣 #台北 #海洋科學 #珊瑚礁 #氣候變遷 #生物多樣性 🧪

Poster for Taipei Science Cafe with text Have a drink and fill your brain! DAYBREAK presents our new TAIPEI SCIENCE CAFÉ speaker series, where you can hear from brilliant creative minds who connect science knowledge with our community and our daily life. No prior science expertise required to attend — our multilingual talks will translate the language of science for you and your big curious brain. Bring a friend or come meet new ones — and leave with a deeper appreciation for our planet and humanity. Let’s toast to knowledge! 敬幾杯，科學會！

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· 15d

Professor McRae will teach us about the importance of corals to marine ecosystem function and human livelihoods. How is ocean warming driving the loss and degradation of reefs globally? What avenues of hope exist for the future of corals in Taiwan? www.facebook.com/events/10351... #SciComm #科普 🧪

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· 15d

Our next #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 will dive into one of my favorite topics—coral reefs!! Our talk on August 19 will be "Doom, Gloom, and Hope for Corals in a Changing Climate" featuring @crystaljmcrae.bsky.social of National Sun Yat-sen University: www.facebook.com/events/10351... #Taiwan #台灣 🧪

Poster graphic for Taipei Science Cafe with text "Doom, Gloom, and Hope for Corals in a Changing Climate"
In this talk we will take a dive into the amazing coral reefs of Taiwan! We will learn about the importance of corals to marine ecosystem function and human livelihoods — and gain insight into how climate change is impacting these important ecosystems. Specifically, we will explore how ocean warming is driving the loss and degradation of reefs globally, as well as discuss avenues of hope for the future of corals in Taiwan. Join us as our speaker Dr. Crystal McRae teaches us about our undersea natural treasures!

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· 22d

Taiwan Friends: I'm adapting my #SciPolComm talk for the next #CNNTaipei night Wed. August 5! What motivates policymakers and their decisions? We'll explore how viewing politics like characters in an RPG can help us understand how—and when—to push for civic action: www.facebook.com/events/14867...

Poster for Creatives Networking Night with a duck character and a Shape Pals character. Text says design talk and speed intros.

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Jun 30

So that means every time one of you uses A.I. to write, I get 90% of your paycheck right?? Right?? 😅 intheweights.com/p/ben-young-...

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Jun 25

And freelance friends in Taipei, I have more events for you next 星期三 July 1! Join us upstairs for Independent Journalists Night (one drink min.) or downstairs for Creatives Networking Night #CNNTaipei (200 NTD cover)! Whatever media you work in, we got u: www.facebook.com/newbloommag/... #Taiwan #台灣

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Creatives Networking Night poster with Shape Pal with thought bubble full of shapes and title "Game Development, Game Design, and the Creative Process"

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Jun 25

Thrilled to welcome @sharkgallium.bsky.social as our July 15 #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 speaker! The first science journalist in #Taiwan #台灣 I've come to know, I can't wait for Sharkie Lin to present "The Vedic Universe: When Mathematical Principles Become Art"! www.facebook.com/events/22268... 🧪

Taipei Science Café poster with photo of original sculpture of the Vedic Cube by Sharkie Lin

Taipei Science Café poster with text intro and photo of Sharkie Lin

Have you ever wondered what mathematical principles would look like in the real world? Tonight, our speaker Sharkie Lin will share how a fascination with numbers evolved into a life-changing artistic journey. Building upon the ancient Indian mathematical concept of the Vedic square, Sharkie invented the mathematical principles of the Vedic cube. Through their Vedic Universe series, we will explore how making art using geometry can take us across dimensions, bridge the gap between rationality and sensibility, and visualize the beauty of mathematical creation.

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Jun 20

Love how Maniscalco introduced him as DR. Eric Tulsky 🧪 Plus ET's subtle dig about how everyone on stage wanted to be here (9️⃣6️⃣👀) and also how he's like the only GM who says hi at pregame tailgates 😅 (Although boo to #NHL.com for cutting off his speech for ads???) #LetsGoCanes #StanleyCupChampions

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Jun 17

So it turns out that our 6/17 #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 speaker ended up being... me! I whipped up a last-minute #SciComm talk, wearing my #BetterKnowAFish hat and sharing some #SundayFishSketch love. Also, can you believe is my first-ever science café talk? Not just in Taiwan but ever? 🧪

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Slide of Taipei Science Cafe with title Better Know a Fish! Seven Fin-tastic Species and Their Stories

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Jun 4

If you guessed "the nerves" then you're right! Our June 17 #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 is titled "Feeling Nervous: The Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety"! Come learn how the nervous system’s natural functions shape how we feel and deal with adversity. Details: www.facebook.com/events/17194... #Taiwan

Taipei Science Cafe poster with Title: “Feeling Nervous: The Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety”

Text: Psychology isn’t just “all in your head” — it stems from literally what’s inside: your brain! The human nervous system, from the brain out to our many nerves, gives us our ability to receive, perceive, and engage our world. That’s why an understanding of neuroscience is critical to our medical and behavioral health. Tonight, our speaker Lionel Lee will teach us how the nervous system’s natural functions — especially under stress — shape how we feel and deal with adversity.

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Jun 4

Can you guess what is the next topic of our #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 based on this promo poster? 我們下次科普話題是什麼呢？Join us June 17 at 19:00 for the next episode of our new #SciComm #科普 series here in Taiwan! Third Wednesdays each month at #破曉咖啡: www.facebook.com/newbloommag/... 🧪

Taipei Science Cafe poster with archival illustration of the human nervous system

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· May 28

Creatives Networking Night #CNNTaipei returns Wednesday June 3! Excited to have friend @jordynhaime.bsky.social speak on "Finding Your Niche in Media" as our opening talk. Free entry + 1 free drink for anyone who just quit or lost their full-time job! www.facebook.com/newbloommag/... #Taiwan #自由工作者

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Poster graphic for Creatives Networking Night with Shape Pals cartoon figure carrying a tiny newspaper and title Finding Your Niche in Media

Poster graphic for Creatives Networking Night with text When I first started out in journalism, I was a generalist who loved to write about different topics that interested me. But developing expertise in niche subject areas is what really led to more consistent work opportunities and helped me build a reputation as well as my own audience. Jordyn Haime, This Week's Speaker

Poster graphic for Creatives Networking Night with text Format: 1. Creative Talk. 2. Speed Intros. 3. Informal Networking. For Whom? Writers, journalists, editors, translators, graphic designers, audio/podcast producers, videographers, social media producers... any type of creative!

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· May 21

Grateful to everyone who attended our #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 last night! Our guest Jeanne Cordy of NTU gave a great #SciPol explainer on biodiversity governance. See you June 17 at #破曉咖啡 for our next topic, psychology! www.facebook.com/share/1Dea8A... #科普 #ScienceCafe #Taiwan #Taipei #台灣 #台北 🧪

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Photo of speaker with slide why is biodiversity important? speaking before audience

Graphic with slide title "From Nature to Biodiversity: How Our Perception of Our Environment Shapes How We Protect It"

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· May 9

Our topic for #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 on May 20 is #Biodiversity #生物多樣性 governance. NTU master's candidate Jeanne Cordy will teach us how we get different nations, regions, and communities on the same page and coordinate conservation actions: www.facebook.com/events/98360... #SDG #ESG #Taiwan 🧪

Taipei Science Cafe poster with title Protecting Nature and Biodiversity. Talk by Jeanne Cordy. Description: Our Planet Earth is teeming with billions of species of lifeforms. Today, because of humans, these resilient networks of life are facing the threat of a 6th mass extinction. Do humans have a duty to protect biodiversity? If so, how do we do it? How do nations, regions, and communities agree on what should be done and how? Tonight, our speaker Jeanne Cordy teaches us the complex world of biodiversity governance. We’ll learn about the milestones of biodiversity conservation, international frameworks, and concepts such as “Polycentric Governance” and “Common-Pool Resources”.

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· May 9

Taiwan friends, our next #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 is May 20! Join us at DAYBREAK #破曉咖啡 by @newbloommag.net in Wanhua, Taipei. Come have a drink and fill your brain! Share our event details: www.facebook.com/events/98360... #科普 #ScienceCafe #Taiwan #Taipei #台灣 #台北 #ScienceInTaiwan #TaiwanResearch 🧪

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Apr 30

#Taipei Friends: The first Wednesday of each month I co-host #CNNTaipei! Creatives Networking Night is for freelancers (and anyone hiring freelancers) in #Taiwan to share their projects and talents. Come for a fun lecture, stay for the networking! See you May 6: www.facebook.com/events/96767... 🧋

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Poster graphic for Creatives Networking Night with text For Whom? Writers, journalists, editors, translators, graphic designers, audio/podcast producers, videographers, photographers, social media producers, any time of creative!

Poster graphic for Creatives Networking Night with text Format: 1 Creative Talk, 2 Speed Intros, 3 Informal Networking. Every first Wednesday of the month!

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Apr 17

Thank you all who attended our #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 this week!! 🙏 Chaninthon Rattanavetchasit for being my first-ever speaker, delivering a great #SciComm talk on ambient seismic noise. See you all back at @newbloommag.net on May 20 for our next Taipei Science Café!! 感謝大家熱心的支持！ #Taiwan #台灣 🧪

Photo of science cafe speaker smiling in front of slide of planet earth with earthquake records, titled Our Earth Is Never Quiet! What Is It Telling Us?

Photo of science cafe speaker in front of slide with seismograph aligned with Taylor Swift concert set song titles

Photo of science cafe speaker in front of slide titled fiberoptic cables are around us and diagram of urban wildland interface

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Apr 15

Played around with a cocktail to help launch #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 tonight. I call it the "Science Experiment" because it was definitely one last night, playing around with graduated cylinders, taring scales, and remembering saturation principles. Come have a taste if you're in Taipei! 🧪🥃☕️

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Apr 12

THIS WEDNESDAY 4/15 星期三 19:00: Taiwan friends, see you all for our #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡 premiere! The latest addition to the #PublicScience #SciComm #科普 scene in Taipei. Come have a drink and fill your brain at DAYBREAK (@newbloommag.net) in Wanhua. On IG: www.instagram.com/p/DWWCLKID1A... ☕🍻🧪

Taipei Science Cafe graphic with text: Our Earth Is Never Quiet! What Is It Telling Us? Seismology is the science of earthquakes, but seismology can also tell us incredible details about our world and our society. Our speaker New Chaninthon teaches us the basics of earthquakes and how seismology has opened the door to studying “Ambient Noise”. We’ll learn how our global fiber optic network has given us a planetary microphone to listen to what the earth is telling us — everything from war to groundwater to whales and concerts!

Graphic with text 台北科普咖啡 Taipei Science Cafe with line drawing illustration with a retro future motif with cafe seats, computers and graphs, and space satellite and planet overhead.

Taipei Science Cafe poster with text "Have a drink and fill your brain! DAYBREAK presents our new TAIPEI SCIENCE CAFÉ speaker series, where you can hear from brilliant creative minds who connect science knowledge with our community and our daily life. No prior science expertise required to attend — our multilingual talks will translate the language of science for you and your big curious brain. Bring a friend or come meet new ones — and leave with a deeper appreciation for our planet and humanity. Let’s toast to knowledge! 敬幾杯，科學會！"

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Apr 7

台灣科普朋友們: 幫助美國科學促進會 (AAAS) 了解台灣的科學家！AAAS就是 @science.org《科學》期刊的出版商，目前正在對台灣的科學家進行一項市場調查，希望能夠瞭解各位研究人員對媒體與記者進行科普傳播的興趣。本調查問卷對象為在台灣的大學、政府機關、醫院、博物館、公司、NGO或其他機構工作的研究人員、教職員、博士後研究員或研究生: s.alchemer.com/s3/c187e95bd... 問卷塡完後，邀請發送給其他台灣同事。一旦您推薦的同事也完成此問卷並提及您為推薦人，您即可免費獲得一年AAAS銀級會員資格 (價格等於 USD$89 / NTD$2,840)! 🧪

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 31

Friends: Do you know Taiwan-based scientists? I'm running a survey for AAAS seeking researchers, faculty, postdocs, graduate students in #Taiwan #台灣 to understand everyone's interest in #SciComm outreach to journalists and the media. Please share with your network! bit.ly/eurekatw #ScienceinTaiwan 🧪

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 29

No prior science expertise required to attend #TaipeiScienceCafe #台北科普咖啡. Bring a friend or come meet new ones—and leave with a deeper appreciation for our planet and humanity. Let’s toast to knowledge! 敬幾杯，科學會！See you all 4/15 19:00 at DAYBREAK x @newbloommag.net: www.facebook.com/events/94181... 🧪

Taipei Science Cafe poster with retro future line drawing motif with cafe seats and space decor and science graphs surrounding.

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

2026 研究資料管理工作坊 Research Data Management Workshop hosted by Dr. Chuang Tyng-Ruey 莊庭瑞 (lab.depositar.io/members/) was a super informative symposium. Grateful for this overview of ecological/social science data management in Taiwan—and first visit to Academia Sinica. 多謝！https://2026.odw.tw/ #RDMW2026 🧪

Photo of social sciences building at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

Digital archeology of film is super important, says Hsu, making historic images and art available for research. Just this slide showing archival news reels shows how important this is, esp. given Taiwan's history of KMT censorship and information control (also re 台灣史補課 wave right now). #RDMW2026 🧪

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Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

It's not a scientific conference if there isn't an @xkcd.com comic pasted in a speaker slide, even in Taiwan 😉 #RDMW2026 🧪

Photo of speaker slide of an X K C D comic on digital resource life span

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

Lots of audience chuckles because these museum specimen collections x taxonomy history headaches are real. Misspellings in binomial names, gaps in data, labels written at different points of a species taxonomic history. How to sort all this when digitizing, and automate fixes. #RDMW2026 🧪

Photo of symposium presentation showing different types of specimen record errors

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

I am also struck by how much each Taiwan LTSER station also addresses social science dimensions. Especially LTSER 翡翠站, which covers 翡翠水庫 Feitsui Reservoir—a water source for 6 million people. Talk by Lin Wei 林薇: www.ltsertwfeitsui.org #RDMW2026 🧪

Photo of Feitsui L T S E R slideshow in conference hall

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

Ecological research on Taiwan's Indigenous lands share sensitivities/reconciliations in colonial/settler histories worldwide. Whose data is it? How to respect sacred sites off-limits to outsiders? Limits of settler law versus Indigenous taboos? Overview by Umin • Itei Tanohila at #RDMW2026 🧪

Photo of Umin Itei Tanohila speaking at Academia Sinica

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

Other interruptions to ecological monitoring in Taiwan's fog forests: NTU's Choy Huang says yellow-throated marten 黃喉貂 Martes flavigula) love chewing on instruments! Also, random filmmaking crews covering up instruments when on location shoots. #RDMW2026 🧪

Photo of trail camera of marten chewing on instrument in forest

Ben Young Landis@younglandis· Mar 26

Excited to attend my first Taiwan research symposium this year. Grateful to Professor Chuang Tyng-Ruey 莊庭瑞 for welcoming us to the Research Data Management Workshop 2026 研究資料管理工作坊 at Academia Sinica 中央研究院 today. I'll do my best to live-post: 2026.odw.tw #RDMW2026 🧪