As some may recall from reading my past posts, I used to sing and dance hip-hop. Then came science. Some of my favorite songs from a beat and music perspective did not have lyrics that I enjoyed and the problem with my type of brain is that I automatically memorize; however singing along to gangsta rap or relationships was not what I could relate to when listening to these songs.
It was when I rented the movie Dangerous minds and while listening to Coolio's song that I thought as important as this message is about education, why are there no songs of any kind with science lyrics? When they do exist they are aimed at children. Where is any interdisciplinary effort? Well. As of 2008 there is the successful science award Dance your PhD. Literally.
Leave it to physicists to write a very catchy song on Quantum physics. (Grinning from ear to ear)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPrySGu0SOc&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD
If you're wondering about the red and blue protective glasses, it's quite clever (he is a quantum physicist after all), they're either just a nod to the Matrix red/blue pill or more likely the complementary color of the laser wavelengths he works with; green and orange, respectively. A lot of money is being invested in quantum computing, which is at least a decade away if it ever happens. One of the biggest problems is cooling that much heat down.
For those interested in child development (wink), here is the brilliant 2019 winner. This research has been done extensively with Rhesus monkeys decades ago, but the visuals are really well done:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nUQvJOSCoi4
There are all types of submissions from plant biology to neuroscience. A lot of group behavior (trendy because AI is modeled on it.) Most of the videos are zero budget, some have interpretative dance, one features tango to illustrate the behavior of protons; it's quite eclectic. Here is more information including the 2025 winners:
https://www.science.org/content/article/winner-2025-dance-your-ph-d-contest?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ScienceAdviser&utm_content=distillation&et_rid=1070475110&et_cid=5604760
Time to bring arts and science together as a permanent discipline and put the fun back into science education for adults.
No comments:
Post a Comment