BoingBoing reader Fritz Roth says,
Kenyon College professor Joan Slonczewski has made available a classic short film from 1971 in which flower children at Stanford re-enact protein synthesis. If you don't have time to watch the whole film, tune in at 3:46 to watch the cavorting 30S ribosome orgy. A different colored balloon for every ribonucleotide and a puff of smoke for every pyrophosphate cleavage… science entertainment at its best.
Link to Kenyon College blog post, and here's a direct link to the film (MP4).
Reader comment:
Richard Carnan says,
I'm currently attending UCSB and they show that video to every intro biology course. And I have a bunch of friends scattered around California at other UCs and universities who have seen the video in their intro biology courses too. The professors get a kick out of it and tell the students it's a must-see video. I also find it quite ironic that you guys blog about that video on the day of my genetics midterm.
Reader comment: Adrienne says,
Dr S, the Kenyon prof who created the RNA hippy dance video, is also an accomplished science fiction writer: Link.
