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Thanksgiving Theremin: Man or Astro-Man Live in Scotland, 1999

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Science Art: Plate LXXXI from A natural history of British moths, 1872.

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Mohammed VI Polytechnic University: COLCOM - Postdoctoral in machine learning
Baylor College of Medicine: Research Assistant II
LSU Health Shreveport: Tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
Yale University: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Computational Biophysics & Biochemistry
Université de Sherbrooke, Service des ressources humaines: PROFESSOR IN PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
GRK 2948: Doctoral Researcher (f/m/d) within DFG Research Training Group GRK 2948

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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