A Neutron Walks Into A Bar

It's been almost a month since the Science 140 project finished collating tweets so we think it's time for an update.

Firstly, thank you so much to everyone who contributed to #Science140. The final tally was staggering with thousands of tweets (over 60,000 words worth!) written by hundreds of contributors. The team spent many hours intensely reading tweet after tweet trying to pick the best for the book. This was a difficult job considering the high quality of the submissions we received. Everyone certainly rose to the challenge of condensing complicated topics into bite-size science!

We are delighted to announce that we have secured a book deal and our first draft is now submitted. Inspired by #Science140 tweets, the title of the book is A Neutron Walks Into A Bar. All proceeds of the book are going to research into cystic fibrosis through our partners in the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland.

A Neutron Walks Into A Bar will be published this October. We'll be keeping you up-to-date with news via this website and @Science140.

Thank you so much for making this project a success!

The Science 140 Team
Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain, Humphrey Jones, Maria Delaney & Paul O'Dwyer

Suggest a title for our book!

Hi all. Today's Science 140 challenge is a bit different. We are currently very busy collating all your tweets in to topics and themes (a difficult job - there are so many brilliant submissions) and have had little time to think of a possible title for our book, which will be released in October this year, just in time for Christmas!

We want a quirky, fun title for our unique book - something that captures the imagination, that reflects the broad mix of topics but doesn't stray too far from its roots - science & nature. Remember, it's a random collection of tweet-sized science facts, definitions, biographies and jokes. We have some ideas, but felt that since twitter is making the book, then twitter should get the opportunity to name it too.

So, put your thinking caps on and give it a go. As usual, you can suggest a title on twitter, using the #Science140 hashtag or using the SUBMIT button above.

Legal bit: If a twitter sourced name is used in the final book, the person who submitted it will be credited but will forego all copyright of that title on submission using the #science140 hashtag.