{"id":2709,"date":"2010-09-04T17:19:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T23:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2010-09-04T17:19:33","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T23:19:33","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The manga magazine Young Jump<\/a><\/strong><\/em> has published a history of the Ig Nobel prizes<\/a>, noted here<\/a> and here<\/a>. There’s no translation, but the images speak for themselves.<\/p>\n

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The 2010 Ig Nobel prizes<\/a> will be awarded September 30. Fans of Moyashimon<\/em><\/strong> will be interested to know that the theme of this year’s ceremony is “bacteria.” Scheduled events include:<\/p>\n

The Bacterial Opera: World premiere of a mini-opera about the bacteria who live on a woman’s front tooth, and about that woman. Conducted by David Stockton. Starring Maria Ferrante, Ben Sears, Roberta Gilbert and Thomas Michel as bacteria \u2014 and Jenny Gutbezahl as The Woman. Pianist Branden Grimmett. Costumes by Jenn Martinez.
\nMicrobial Miniconcert by Evelyn Evelyn (and their friends Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley)
\nPre-pre-show Boston Squeezebox Ensemble microbeconcert in lobby (begins at 6:45 pm), led by Dr. Thomas Michel
\nPre-show Pathogenic Bacterial Pianoconcerto by Maria Eliseeva<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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If you get tired of reading manga and watching anime, you can always watch the Japanese Vesuvius. Sakura-jima<\/a> has been puffing away quite energetically recently, and this webcam<\/a> has a good view of the active crater. (If you click on the cross-hairs, you can take control of the camera for a while.) It’s best viewed during daylight hours in Japan, though allegedly, if you’re lucky, you can occasionally see some incandescence and lightning at night. (Update<\/strong>: Visibility might be impaired by clouds, particularly when tropical storms are in the region, as is currently the case.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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