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| number = 1736 | | number = 1736 | ||
| date = September 21, 2016 | | date = September 21, 2016 | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The {{w|Manhattan Project}} was a big, expensive, secret research and development project that produced the first {{w|nuclear weapons}} during {{w|World War II}}. | + | The {{w|Manhattan Project}} was a big, expensive, secret research and development project that produced the first {{w|nuclear weapons}} during {{w|World War II}}. It is an example of getting all the top minds of a subject together to solve a massive problem, generally with massive government spending. The phrase [https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%22we+need+a+new+manhattan+project%22 We need a new Manhattan Project] is sometimes used to suggest that the top minds should get together to solve another problem. In this comic the suggestion is implied that all the top minds for {{w|cancer research}} should get together to find a cure, but the idea is taken literally instead and the New Manhattan Project develops a nuclear bomb again. |
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− | The title text | + | The title text implies that the blast was successful in annihilating the cancerous cells in close proximity to the blast with the force of the explosion, but admits that the detonation would result in significantly more cancer in nearby people due to the {{w|ionizing radiation}} and {{w|fallout}}. The title text is reminiscent of both the main comic and the title text of [[1217: Cells]]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[A five panel layout with each panel slightly narrower than the one before.] | :[A five panel layout with each panel slightly narrower than the one before.] | ||
:[Ponytail holding her arms out speaks to Cueball.] | :[Ponytail holding her arms out speaks to Cueball.] | ||
− | :Ponytail: What we need to cure cancer is a new Manhattan Project | + | :Ponytail: What we need to cure cancer is a new Manhattan Project |
:[Cueball stands next to Ponytail on podium with a banner overhead. Ponytail is lifting her arms high up and addresses a huge crowd below the podium. Faces disappear into the distance, but at the podiums edge are four full faces, from left to right they are Hairy, a person with flat hair, a person with white hair and a Cueball-like guy.] | :[Cueball stands next to Ponytail on podium with a banner overhead. Ponytail is lifting her arms high up and addresses a huge crowd below the podium. Faces disappear into the distance, but at the podiums edge are four full faces, from left to right they are Hairy, a person with flat hair, a person with white hair and a Cueball-like guy.] | ||
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:[Cueball and Megan sitting behind a desk looking out and Ponytail standing to the right facing away from them wear laboratory goggles and laboratory coats. There are several Erlenmeyer flasks on the desk and Ponytail is also holding such a flask. There are other glass wares on the desk.] | :[Cueball and Megan sitting behind a desk looking out and Ponytail standing to the right facing away from them wear laboratory goggles and laboratory coats. There are several Erlenmeyer flasks on the desk and Ponytail is also holding such a flask. There are other glass wares on the desk.] | ||
− | :[Megan, holding a hand in front of her face, Cueball and | + | :[Megan, holding a hand in front of her face, Cueball and Ponytai, all wearing some kind of glasses strapped around the back of their heads stand behind two barriers looking into the distance where a large mushroom cloud rises high in the air with the typical ring around the stem below the main cloud and smoke/dust surrounding the bottom of the stem. It is much higher in the image than the three mountains in the left background.] |
:[Close up of Ponytail, as she faces to the right. She is wearing very dark protection glasses, looking like those used for looking at the sun during a solar eclipse.] | :[Close up of Ponytail, as she faces to the right. She is wearing very dark protection glasses, looking like those used for looking at the sun during a solar eclipse.] | ||
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[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||
[[Category:Public speaking]] | [[Category:Public speaking]] | ||
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