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SCIENCE SPRING SHOWDOWN 2007: THE PRESS CENTER

Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Posted on: March 14, 2007 12:15 AM, by David Ng

CLICKABLE MAP OF TOURNAMENT HERE OR CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW

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Printable brackets available here (pdf)

(THIS PAGE WILL HAVE UP TO DATE COVERAGE - LAST EDIT, APRIL 30th)
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(March 12th)
Grand opening. Introductory remarks. Brackets revealed. (link at World's Fair)

(March 14th)
Arenas will open for fans across all four regions (Fans, speak up!)
OCTOPUS bracket - 1st round (link at World's Fair).
MORTAR AND PESTLE bracket - 1st round (link at Adventures in Ethics and Science).
CHAIR bracket - 1st round (link at World's Fair).
ORBIT bracket - 1st round. (link at Uncertain Principles).

(March 15th)
"Genomics vs Proteomics game wrecks havoc on facilities" (UPDATE)

(March 16th)
OCTOPUS bracket. 1st round results released (link at World's Fair)
MORTAR AND PESTLE bracket. 1st round results released (link at Adventures in Ethics and Science)
CHAIR bracket. 1st round results released (link at World's Fair)
ORBIT bracket. 1st round results released (link at Uncertain Principles)

(March 17th)
"Internal Medicine is disqualified!" (UPDATE)

(March 18th)
Arenas will open for fans (Fans, speak up!)
OCTOPUS bracket - 2nd round (link at Evolgen). (commentary)

(March 19th)
Arenas will open for fans in remainder regions (Fans, speak up!)
ORBIT bracket - 2nd round (link at Galactic Interactions)
MORTAR AND PESTLE bracket - 2nd round (link at Adventures in Ethics and Science).
CHAIR bracket - 2nd round (link at World's Fair).

(March 20th/21st)
MORTAR AND PESTLE bracket. 2nd round results released (link at Adventures in Ethics and Science).
ORBIT bracket. 2nd round results released (link at Galactic Interactions).
OCTOPUS bracket. 2nd round results (part 1, part 2 at Evolgen).
CHAIR bracket. 2nd round results (link at World's Fair)

SWEET SIXTEEN
(UPDATED BRACKET)
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Some Chemistry pregame commentary (link, link, link)

ARENAS OPENING:
Acid vs. d-orbitals (link at The World's Fair)
Fossil fuels vs. Erlenmeyer flask (link at Page 3.14)
F = ma vs. Particle (link at Highly Allochthonous)
General Relativity vs. Bosons (hosted by Galactic Interactions)
Invertebrates vs. Photosynthesis (link at Deep Sea News)
Phylogenetics vs. HIV (link at Signout)
Kuhn vs. Theory. (hosted by Adventures in Ethics and Science)
Corporate vs. Darwin. (link at evolgen) ("Darwin does indeed sell out!)

SWEET SIXTEEN RESULTS!
Round three: Invertebrates vs. Photosynthesis (at Deep Sea News)
Round three: Darwin vs. Corporate (at Evolgen)
Round three: F = ma vs. Particle (at Highly Allochthonous)
Round three: Acids vs. d-orbitals (at The World's Fair)
Round three: Erlenmeyer flask vs. Fossil fuels (at Page 3.14)
Round three: Theory vs. Kuhn (at Adventures in Ethics and Science)
Round three: HIV vs. Phylogenetics (at Signout)
Round three: Bosons vs General Relativity (at World's Fair)


ROUND of EIGHT RESULTS!
Round four: Particle v. General Relativity (at The World's Fair)
Round four: Theory v. Darwin (at The World's Fair)
Round four: d-Orbitals v. Fossil Fuels (at The World's Fair)
Round four: Invertebrates v. HIV (at The World's Fair)


FINAL FOUR RESULTS! (coming in December)
Particle v. Darwin
Fossil Fuels v. HIV

2007 SCIENCE SHOWDOWN FINAL GAME (on going and seeking comments)
HIV v. Darwin

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The link for Internal Medicine is Disqualified! is not taking me to that post. If readers are interested, here's the URL for the article: http://scienceblogs.com/worldsfair/2007/03/showdown_update_team_internal.php

Posted by: Zuska | March 20, 2007 8:28 PM

Oops. Thanks Suzanne. I'll fix that right now.

Posted by: David Ng | March 20, 2007 9:00 PM

is there a complete, updated bracket anywhere?

Posted by: Jim Lemire | March 27, 2007 1:03 PM

Soon, my friend. Soon.

Posted by: David Ng | March 27, 2007 1:53 PM

um, what happened to the tournament?

Posted by: Jim Lemire | April 25, 2007 8:04 PM

Jim, We're apologize for lack of notice and thank you for asking us...we each (Dave and I) hit a mid-to-late semester snag at the same time that, unfortunately, then coincided with the Va Tech tragedy, which ended up putting us off by a few weeks. We're back on, with new announcements and the final games, very soon. Thanks for the patience, and again, sorry for the delay. Ben

Posted by: BRC | April 25, 2007 10:40 PM

Please finish this tournament somehow. I know it's been awhile, but this is pretty much the funniest thing I've ever seen!

Posted by: Jason | October 24, 2007 2:19 AM

Yes, we will. Definitely by the end of 2007, or else we'll have to go into space-time stuff which is hardly our strong point.

Posted by: David Ng | October 24, 2007 11:19 AM

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