Who can argue with a punk rock anthem about the search for statistical certainty? Not me, at least. In fact, I couldn't help but smile this week when I came across a jaunty little tune called Increase the N by an outfit called Hefe from Vancouver.

I first saw reference to the song (lyrics below) on The World's Fair where they kindly offered a link to the group's myspace account.

Apparently, they're a group brought together by a love of beer and music, which sounds like a few labs I can think of.

If nothing else, it certainly makes a nice change from some of the faced sci-art out there trying to bridge the "gap" between science and culture. Any other good examples out there?

Lyrics

There's a trend but the error is big

increase the N

the rat's no good use the guinea pig

increase the N

the antibody's weak the background high

increase the N

my P value is bigger than pi

increase the N



(chorus)

increase the N

ramp it up

i need another hundred let's cut it up

my wild-type is out of control

increase the N let's rock'n'roll



the blot is shit the signal strong

increase the n

it's above control there's something wrong

increase the n

mass-spec it baby give me the truth

increase the n

once is not enough i need proof

increase the n