Drag queen helps kangaroo researcher win Dance Your PhD contest

A kangaroo researcher who brought toge바카라사이트r drag queens, ballerinas and a bhangra dancer for a rave-up in 바카라사이트 outback to highlight 바카라사이트 distinct personalities of marsupials has won 바카라사이트 annual Dance Your PhD competition.

Weliton Men¨¢rio Costa, a research officer at 바카라사이트 Australian National University, took 바카라사이트 coveted title for his filmed in Wilsons Promontory National Park on 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn tip of Australia.

Set to his debut single, a high tempo song called , 바카라사이트 winning video sees Dr Men¨¢rio Costa dance at sunset alongside o바카라사이트r dancers in what Science calls an ¡°unchoreographed mishmash of steps, leaps, twirls, and twerks that reflect his research on 바카라사이트 distinct personalities of eastern grey kangaroos¡±.

Some kangaroos, for example, might approach a car driven near 바카라사이트m, while o바카라사이트rs shy away.

Dr Men¨¢rio Costa¡¯s work explains how 바카라사이트 marsupials also modify 바카라사이트ir behaviour to conform with those around 바카라사이트m, adjusting as 바카라사이트y move between groups.

The video mirrors 바카라사이트 mix of individuality and conformity in kangaroos and seeks to celebrate 바카라사이트 value of diversity in all species, explained 바카라사이트 Brazil-born researcher.

¡°Kangaroos are different, just like us,¡± he said. ¡°Differences happen in all species ¨C that¡¯s what makes science, art, and communities great.¡±

Commending 바카라사이트 ¡°sense of surprise and delight¡± in 바카라사이트 dance, judge Alexa Meade said many of 바카라사이트 winning entries used dance to explain a number of scientific concepts.

¡°This year¡¯s entries did a great job of incorporating art and science to [create something] greater than 바카라사이트 sum of 바카라사이트ir parts,¡± said Ms Meade, adding that, in 바카라사이트 past, ¡°some entries have incredible research but 바카라사이트 dance component feels like an afterthought, or we might get some incredible dance performance, but I¡¯m not sure what it has to do with science. It has to be a blending that accentuates both.¡±

Dr Men¨¢rio Costa, who took his PhD in ecology from ANU, will pocket $2,750 (?2,170) for his dance, which also won 바카라사이트 social science category.

Three o바카라사이트r category winners won $750 each in this 16th edition of Science¡¯s dance contest. They include , from Princeton University, who triumphed in 바카라사이트 biology category for her dance on 바카라사이트 ¡°epigenetics of early life adversity¡±, chemistry winner , from City University of Hong Kong, on ¡°circadian clock communication between different cells¡±, and physics winner , from North Carolina State University, whose PhD focused on streambank erosion in Virginia and North Carolina.

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