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SONG: Hymn of Acxiom (a penintential cover)

12 January 2024 grant 0

SONG: “Hymn of Acxiom” (a penitential cover). (available as .ogg here)

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SOURCE: This isn’t based on research. It’s a cover of “Hymn of Acxiom,”… Read the rest “SONG: Hymn of Acxiom (a penintential cover)”

SONG: Burning Libraries

20 December 2023 grant 0

SONG: “Burning Libraries”. (available as .ogg here)

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SOURCE: Based on The Guardian, 12 Oct 2023, “Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned… Read the rest “SONG: Burning Libraries”

SONG: Fine Altar Stone

20 November 2023 grant 0

SONG: “Fine Altar Stone”. (available as .ogg here)

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SOURCE: Based on IFL Science, 25 Sep 2023, “The Stonehenge Altar Stone Didn’t Come From Where We Thought… Read the rest “SONG: Fine Altar Stone”

SONG: “Communications” (a penitential Slim Gaillard cover)

7 November 2023 grant 0

SONG: “Communications” (a penitential Slim Gaillard cover). (available as .ogg here)

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SOURCE: This isn’t based on any research. It’s a cover… Read the rest “SONG: “Communications” (a penitential Slim Gaillard cover)”

SONG: Clockwork of the Sky

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SONG: “Clockwork of the Sky”. (available as .wav here)

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SOURCE: Based on BBC, 8 Sep 2023, “Asteroid behaving unexpectedly after Nasa’s deliberate… Read the rest “SONG: Clockwork of the Sky”

SONG: FAQs

23 August 2023 grant 0

SONG: “FAQs”. (available as .wav here)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on Popular Science, 14 Aug 2023, “School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books,”… Read the rest “SONG: FAQs”

SONG: The Scientist (a penitential Coldplay cover)

22 July 2023 grant 0

SONG: “The Scientist (a penitential cover)”. (available as .ogg here)

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SOURCE: This isn’t based on research It’s a cover of this vaguely scientific… Read the rest “SONG: The Scientist (a penitential Coldplay cover)”

SONG: Content Feeds

24 June 2023 grant 0

SONG: “Content Feeds”.

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SOURCE: The Markup, 1 May 2023, “The Very Hungry Algorithm: Bedtime with ChatGPT,” as used in the post “How do you feel … Read the rest “SONG: Content Feeds”

SONG: In the Years Before A/C

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SONG: “In the Years Before A/C”.

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SOURCE: National Park Service, 1 May 2023, “National Park archeologists find remains of an underwater hospital and… Read the rest “SONG: In the Years Before A/C”

SONG: Secret Dragons

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SONG: “Secret Dragons”.

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SOURCE: The Guardian 2 March 2023, “‘Like a little dragon’: new gecko species discovered on rugged Queensland island,”… Read the rest “SONG: Secret Dragons”

SONG: “Giant Isopods Have Stolen My Gameboy” (a penitential Werk cover)

24 March 2023 grant 0

SONG: “Giant Isopods Have Stolen My Gameboy”.

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SOURCE: This has no source in scientific research; it’s a penitential cover of a song by a band named Werk… Read the rest “SONG: “Giant Isopods Have Stolen My Gameboy” (a penitential Werk cover)”

SONG: The Elephant

24 March 2023 grant 0

SONG: “The Elephant”.

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SOURCE: BBC 28 Feb 2023, “Kerala: India temple replaces elephant with robot for rituals,” as used in the post “Kerala temple… Read the rest “SONG: The Elephant”

SONG: Whispering Secrets to Me

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SONG: “Whispering Secrets to Me”.

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SOURCE: Defector 15 Nov 2022, “Turtles Have Been Vocalizing All This Time. Why Did We Not Listen?,” as used … Read the rest “SONG: Whispering Secrets to Me”

SONG: 14.8 Million

24 December 2022 grant 0

SONG: “14.8 Million”.

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SOURCE: Nature 14 Dec 2022, “Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID,” as used in the post… Read the rest “SONG: 14.8 Million”

Thanksgiving Theremin: “La Vie En Rose,” Clara Rockmore and Nadia Reisenberg

25 November 2022 grant 0


This is from the 2017 Bridge Records release of Dvořák, Ravel, Gershwin & Others: Chamber Works, the “lost Clara Rockmore theremin album.”

Rockmore, of course, was … Read the rest “Thanksgiving Theremin: “La Vie En Rose,” Clara Rockmore and Nadia Reisenberg”

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Honorary Troubadours
  • Jonathan Coulton, Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science.
  • Laura Veirs, who knows her way around a polysyllable.
  • Thomas Dolby, godfather of scientific pop.
  • Squeaky, fact-based rock about fusion containment & rocket science.
  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
  • They Might Be Giants, unrelenting proponents of scientific popular song.
  • Symphonies of Science, the people who make Carl Sagan and others sing.
  • Giant Squid, doom metal about the sublime horrors of marine biology.
  • Gethan Dick,6 scientists, 6 musicians, 1 great album
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