Evo-Devo (Despacito Biology Parody) | A Capella Science

August 8, 2023 4:55 AM

Tim Blais is a Canadian science communicator and edutainer from Hudson, Québec. He reworks hit pop songs into educational and entertaining videos about science on his channel A Capella Science: Evo-Devo (Despacito) is a favourite, The Science of Love (Queen) is masterful, and his latest - Leukocyte (BTS Dynamite) - represents another level of his talent, skill, and dedication.
posted by narcissus_and_ambrosia (9 comments total)

All of his songs are well worth watching. Very talented musically, lyrically, and video-editing-ally!

I've enjoyed sending the link to his "animalia" chorus when students ask about pronunciations (by email), with no further comment than "you'll find an acceptable pronunciation of that word in this video"
posted by Acari at 7:51 AM on August 8, 2023

I love these, a shame he's slowed down in recent years but hopefully doing other cool things. My favorite besides the evo-devo one is the Aladdin medley on exoplanetology. It fits together so perfectly. ("This will certainly help with our funding!" makes me laugh every time)
posted by Wretch729 at 8:12 AM on August 8, 2023 [1 favorite]

Oh, he's back! Excellent news!
posted by Harald74 at 8:12 AM on August 8, 2023

this looked pretty good from the description but it turned out to be so much better
posted by elkevelvet at 8:33 AM on August 8, 2023 [2 favorites]

Evo devo is fascinating. I read Endless Forms Most Beautiful when it came out in 2006 and recommend it highly.
posted by neuron at 2:56 PM on August 8, 2023 [1 favorite]

Communicator?
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 5:33 PM on August 8, 2023

Nanobot (Havana parody) | A Capella Science ft. Dorothy Andrusiak is one of my favorites
posted by ApplAuD at 9:12 PM on August 8, 2023

Wow, this is both hilarious and genuinely moving. I had tears running down my face by the end and I'm not sure what kind they were.
posted by inexorably_forward at 3:19 AM on August 9, 2023

Amazing
posted by eustatic at 3:47 AM on August 9, 2023