Award-winning young scientist becomes voice of science on social media.ZHOU Siyi cuts a striking figure.Or to be precise,her avatar on Douyin does.On the videocentric social networking platform,known as TikTok outside China,the 29-year-old Zhou,is a physics wiz in black glasses and a fluorescent orange tee,surrounded by a cloud of words related to cosmology,the string theory,field theory,and other cutting-edge branches of modern physics.“These are the keywords of my research area,”said Zhou,describing her recent foray into Douyin.For about four months,she has been posting videos on the app to explain science to laypeople.She breaks down long and mysterious scientific terms into straightforward everyday language so that everyone can get a little glimpse into the deepest enigmas of the universe.
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