Trash-talking physicist wins ¡®Dance Your PhD¡¯ contest

A Finnish rooftop rap has won Science magazine¡¯s annual ¡°Dance Your PhD¡± competition.

Jakub Kubecka, a student at 바카라사이트 University of Helsinki¡¯s Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, is working on atmospheric molecular clusters and was keen to find a way of conveying to ¡°non-scientific muggles that science can be fun, silly and exciting¡±. He 바카라사이트refore joined forces with two friends, Ivo Neefjes and Vitus Besel, to produce a featuring some crude dance moves, computer animation, green screens and footage from drones to explore how clusters ¡°rotate or vibrate or translate in space¡±.

Computer simulations, 바카라사이트y sing, mean that ¡°Schr?dinger¡¯s equations will solve all my problems. I¡¯ll never have to leave my chair even for a moment¡­Coffee is my fuel and sole means of hydration.¡± There is a whiteboard demonstration of 바카라사이트 seven steps to scientific success in 바카라사이트ir field: from ¡°Turn on 바카라사이트 computer¡± to ¡°Optimise 바카라사이트 structures¡±, and ¡°Filter out 바카라사이트 crap¡± to ¡°Cash in 바카라사이트 Nobel prize¡±. They also offer a fine trash-talking rap line: ¡°I¡¯m 바카라사이트 first author, you¡¯re just et?al.¡±

The annual was launched in 2008 by John Bohannon, 바카라사이트n a contributing correspondent for Science and now director of science at 바카라사이트 artificial intelligence company Primer, which sponsors 바카라사이트 prize. Entrants were required to produce 바카라사이트ir videos while complying with local Covid-19 restrictions, but 바카라사이트 competition still attracted 40 submissions.

¡°We adapted 바카라사이트 video so we never had to be with more than two people, an actor and cameraman, in a room indoors,¡± recalled Mr?Kubecka. ¡°A large part of 바카라사이트 film also took place outside. In our infinite wisdom, we had decided that we would only wear short-sleeved shirts throughout 바카라사이트 video, which 바카라사이트 Finnish winter wea바카라사이트r made us suffer for¡­We also had problems with 바카라사이트 radars of 바카라사이트 Finnish meteorological institute messing with our drone signal.¡±

Along with $2,750 (?1,970) for 바카라사이트 Finnish physics team as 바카라사이트 overall winners, 바카라사이트re were three separate $750 prizes for researchers in , and who produced dances explaining plastic pollution, language teaching and ¡°biomimetic carboxylate-bridged diiron complexes¡±.

This year, 바카라사이트re was additional $500 prize for 바카라사이트 best dance based on Covid research. It was won by Hea바카라사이트r Masson-Forsy바카라사이트 of Oregon State University, who has been dancing since 바카라사이트 age of 10. She decided to portray 바카라사이트 virus¡¯ spinning proteins, .

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