<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/may/jean-potvin-blue-whale.html" dsn="news"><title>SLU Researcher Serves as Scientist in Residence for the Saint Louis Science Center’s 'The Blue Whale Story,’ Which Opens Saturday </title><description>SLU professor of physics Jean Potvin, Ph.D., has spent years studying the science of whales. Soon, St. Louis residents can hear directly from him. As a part of the Saint Louis Science Center’s new traveling exhibition, The Blue Whale Story, opening this weekend, Potvin is serving as scientist in residence.  </description><image>/-img/-newsfeeds/newsfeed-slu.svg</image><date>05/21/2026</date></item>