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SONG: Multicellular

23 October 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Multicellular”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science News, 17 October 2019, “Acrobatic choanoflagellates could help explain how multicellularity evolved,”… Read the rest “SONG: Multicellular”

SONG: Adria

24 September 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Adria”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science, 6 September 2019, “Geologists uncover history of lost continent buried beneath Europe,” as used in the post… Read the rest “SONG: Adria”

SONG: Built On Sand

24 August 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Built on Sand”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Nature, 2 July 2019, “Time is running out for sand,” as used in the post “We’re running out of…… Read the rest “SONG: Built On Sand”

SONG: Bodiless

24 May 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Bodiless”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Vox, 17 April 2019, “Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: ‘Holy shit.’… Read the rest “SONG: Bodiless”

SONG: Facing North

12 May 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Facing North”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science News, 18 Mar 2019, “People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest,” as used in the post … Read the rest “SONG: Facing North”

SONG: “Math” (a penitential cover)

20 April 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Math” (a penitential cover)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for March’s song (which I still… Read the rest “SONG: “Math” (a penitential cover)”

SONG: My Batteries

24 February 2019 grant 0

SONG: “My Batteries”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Jacob Margolis’ Twitter feed, 13 Feb 2019, 3:30 AM “The last message they received…,” as used in … Read the rest “SONG: My Batteries”

SONG: “2014 MU69 (Approach Me)”

23 January 2019 grant 0

SONG: “2014 MU₆₉ (Approach Me)”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science News, 30 Dec 2018-1 Jan 2019, “Live updates: New Horizons’ flyby of a distant Kuiper Belt object,”… Read the rest “SONG: “2014 MU69 (Approach Me)””

SONG: Forgotten

23 December 2018 grant 0

SONG: “Forgotten”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Nature, 13 Dec. 2018, “‘Transmissible’ Alzheimer’s theory gains traction “, as used in the post “Alzheimer’s can… Read the rest “SONG: Forgotten”

SONG: Black Star (a penitential cover)

22 December 2018 grant 0

SONG: “Black Star” (penitential cover)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for a song a month or two ago. It’s… Read the rest “SONG: Black Star (a penitential cover)”

SONG: Quantum Biology

24 November 2018 grant 0

SONG: “Quantum Biology”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Scientific American, Vol. 27, Dec. 2018, “’Schrödinger’s Bacterium’ Could Be a Quantum Biology Milestone”… Read the rest “SONG: Quantum Biology”

SONG: Picture on Your Phone

24 October 2018 grant 0

SONG: “Picture on Your Phone”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science Direct, Vol. 27, Dec. 2018, “’Selfie’ harm: Effects on mood and body image in young women”… Read the rest “SONG: Picture on Your Phone”

SONG: Taste the Wind

24 August 2018 grant 0

SONG: “Taste the Wind”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Nature, 13 Aug 2018, “Spacecraft sets off to make humanity’s closest approach to the Sun”, as used in the post… Read the rest “SONG: Taste the Wind”

SONG: Circuits in the Sand (penitential cover)

21 August 2018 grant 0

SONG: “Circuits in the Sand” (penitential cover)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for last month’s… Read the rest “SONG: Circuits in the Sand (penitential cover)”

SONG: Rats Get Into Everything.

28 July 2018 grant 0

SONG: “Rats Get Into Everything”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Nature, 11 July 2018, “Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive… Read the rest “SONG: Rats Get Into Everything.”

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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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