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Finnish scientists Vitus Besel, Ivo Neefjes, and Jakub Kubečka (left to right) created a rap video about atmospheric molecule clusters that won this year’s Dance Your Ph.D. contest. Faustine Cros
Watch the winners of this year’s ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest
Mar. 3, 2021 , 10:00 AM
You may never look at clouds the same way again. A video created by three atmospheric science graduate students at the University of Helsinki features an original rap song and choreography explaining how groups of atoms stick together to form the billowy shapes in our sky. And it has just won
Science’s annual “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest.
Creative physics rap on molecular clusters wins
Science s annual Dance your Ph.D. contest
Competition also awards new prize for dance about COVID-19
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The newest overall winner of
Science s annual Dance your Ph.D. contest, now sponsored by the artificial intelligence company Primer, is a Finnish researcher studying atmospheric molecular clusters. With the help of several friends, Jakub Kubecka brought his studies to life with trash-talking rap lyrics ( I m the first author, you re just et al. ) endearingly crude dance moves, computer animation and drone video footage. To prepare for recording the lyrics, I was running with headphones playing the music at least 30 times per day for the whole month to get it into my blood. I think that I even dreamed about it. Kubecka recalls. Throughout the whole process, we always stayed close to our main goal of showing non-scientific muggles that science can be fun, si
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Police find person hiding in house after Ionia County girl reports home invasion
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
Police arrested a 37-year-old Ionia man after he was found hiding inside of an Ionia area home following a home invasion report
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IONIA COUNTY, MI Police arrested a 37-year-old Ionia man after finding him hiding in a home, not long after a girl who lived there reported hearing someone trying to break in.
Travis Michael Minier was arraigned in Ionia County District Court on charges of home invasion, possession of methamphetamine and possession of heroin.
A girl who lived in a house in the 3900 block of East Stage Road in Ionia Township called her mother about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28 to report that someone was “ripping on the door handle” and trying to get in. She was alone in the home.