Science is a process, sometime a very long one: Gels won’t run, programs need to be debugged, engines overheat and fry the instruments, and populations of chimps suddenly make themselves elusive. Even after the experiments, observations and analyses are done you’re left waiting on your supervisor, the reviewers, or the journal editors to finally make up their minds. Whether as a student, a technician or a full-time researcher, making it through these times of frustration and waiting takes perseverance. This weeks’ song is for those times.
Rich Aucoin’s It is the centerpiece of a three-piece suite of songs: The Little Creatures Know / It / The Greatest Secret in the World from his 2011 independent release We’re all dying to live. Aucoin’s music is spirited, joyous even. Like the titles together suggest, these songs are anthems to the knowledge held by even the smallest of us. Slowly building from a soft and restrained vocal, when the chorus finally bursts through it’s hard to not get swept up in it, chanting to yourself: “We won’t leave it all in our heads!” Sitting in the lab, pouring over a manuscript, or struggling with a database those frustrations can seem overwhelming. A rousing song like this can be just the antidote. Don’t leave it in your head – get it out there. Science needs to be shared!
The Finch and Pea 