Cool Science

I suppose then that this is where I have to admit that I really like So You Think You Can Dance. I love watching dance. So there - I'm a chemist who loves watching dance. In an alternate reality, I'm probably a dancer. Weird. And it dawned on Jenn and I the other day that Henry sometimes behaves like a dancer, and we're not really sure where that came from.

But, to get to the point, I'm a big fan of the poppers and this show has found some of the best like Robert Muraine, whose instantly viral audition launched him into a lot more than 15 minutes of fame.

What happens when a chemistry student becomes obsessed with popping, spends every minute he is not in lab learning the extraordinary muscle control and moves and in so doing finds his own expressive style and becomes one of the most influential online fixtures in popping? And what happens if this guy decides to NOT give up his day job? You get only one thing : the dancing mad scientist. I have to say it - the kid's got a glowing future.