343:"The science ball promotes diversity, reaching out to students and researchers from all academic disciplines and institutions. (A) clever attempt to associate a big city’s science base with its most distinguished cultural characteristics. And the sold-out event was ample proof that the organizers had hit a nerve. "(Nature, February 3, 2017)
337:) there were no fireworks or Molotov cocktails at the first science ball on Sunday night. The only danger for the guests was the distribution of the 'Swedish bomb', a sweet Viennese temptation that is not entirely harmless to body weight due to the many calories "(Handelsblatt, February 1, 2015)
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