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Research cakes

2 cakes made by scientists to explain their scientific findings.

Professor Louis Schipper challenges his students and colleagues to explain their scientific findings via cake. Research cakes are a means of explaining complex science in a pictorial and edible manner, busting the myth that science is routine and boring.

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