Evolution Picture Book
“Little Changes”, by Tiffany Taylor, is a free online children’s picture book that teaches some basic evolution concepts. Artist James Munro’s illustrations playfully demonstrate the cumulative effect of small changes over time. The website also has resources for teachers, kids, and parents.
Read MoreChart Topper Algorithm
The University of Bristol’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory has developed an algorithm that can predict with a 60 percent success rate whether a song will make it to the top 5 in the UK charts. The algorithm creates a score for each song based on comparing measurements of various audio features of the song with the features of hits from that time period.
Read MoreLab Grammys
Online journal BioTechniques holds an annual science music parody contest. At this link, you will find the 2012 winner and nominees, as well as a link to the 2011 contestants.
Read MoreMicroscopic Botanical Photography
Photographer Rob Kesseler has been collaborating with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, in London for the past decade. His focus has been on unleashing creative inspiration from microscopic plant material, like pollen and seeds.
Read MoreI’m Bringin’ Stickleback
Science blog “The Scorpion and the Frog” highlighted this trio of science music videos. Enjoy musical parodies on fish genetics, climate change, and reproduction.
Read MoreSounds Like Science
Nonprofit mentoring organization Michigan Reach Out! has a collection of science lessons based around the physics of sound. These were saved from the now defunct Vancouver, Canada based APASE site. Each one features the construction of a different simple musical instrument (drum, guitar, kazoo, and bottle organ), ending in a musical...
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