Event Recap: Medical Miracles: Cutting Edge Health Technology
From cell phone apps that measure blood sugar levels to desktop printers that spit out new body organs, technology has come a long way in its role in health care. On July 25, The Science and...
View ArticleWhen the far-fetched is no longer fantasy
Back to the Future Part II crashed into our lives almost 23 years ago, complete with hoverboards, facial recognition software, and a baseball team based in Miami. With 2015 not far off on the...
View ArticleImagine Science Film Festival: A Marriage of Science and Film
“The most unremarkable of events: Jerome Marrow, Navigator First class, is only days away from a year-long manned mission to Titan. Of course, selection for Jerome was virtually guaranteed at birth. He...
View ArticleValentine's Day Science Showdown: Gift Edition
February 14, 2013 – We’ve all been there, standing in front of a Valentine’s Day display at the shop on the corner, you can feel a cold sweat coming on. The barrage of pink and red is almost too much...
View ArticleLincoln V. Lincoln
More than 148 years after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, he continues to make his mark on American society, with this year being no exception. Here at the Science & Entertainment...
View ArticleDe-extinction: Bringing Back the Dodo?
Science fiction fans and movie-goers might be counting down the days until the 3D re-release of Jurrassic Park hits theaters on April 5th, but scientists and conservationists are now counting the ways...
View ArticleStory Behind The Story: Argo
Unusual tales in Hollywood usually aren’t so unusual. But this particular story caught our attention because it’s about science; it’s about entertainment; and, most of all, it’s unusual.The story...
View ArticleTo The Moon and Beyond, We Are The Explorers
What do you get when you mix NASA, Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, historical footage, a group of passionate advocates and a crowdfunding campaign? Most likely, a really fantastic 30 second...
View ArticleHow a Drawing Could Cure Cancer: Physics Diagrams as Modern Hieroglyphs
If you’re a fan of the TV series, The Big Bang Theory you're probably used to laughing at Penny and Sheldon's interactions, especially when Dr. Cooper tries to explain physics to his loveable blonde...
View ArticleScience Rules on Big Brother 14
Can studying science help win a TV reality show competition? Just ask Ian Terry. We did. Ian Terry spent last summer being watched by millions on TV; that was enough to put him on our list of notable...
View ArticleOpinion Exchange: The Best show You’re Probably Not Watching
If you watch nothing else on television – not that I recommend that you do that – you should be watching CBS Sunday Morning. This long-running series – it’s been on the air nearly 35 years -- even won...
View ArticlePlextronics - Is The Next Big Thing Flat?
What’s the next big thing in light? Well, it just may be an array of products that will revolutionize the way we look at our phones and even how we watch television. The innovative new products will...
View ArticleWatch My Shorts
Installment 1: Accidental Painting, Flatland: the Movie, and Flatland 2: SpherelandPeople love science fiction and Hollywood loves the piles of money these films make. The record holder for worldwide...
View ArticleMarvel's THOR: The Dark World Ultimate Mentor Adventure Takes STEM to Hollywood
Superheroes, a movie premier, science, and Natalie Portman – four things that make our teenage hearts swoon! And that’s exactly the reaction we were looking for when we teamed up with the brilliant...
View ArticleHollywood Inspired Science
While Hollywood has been known to use ideas from the great minds of science as a springboard for its storytelling, scientists have also been enlivened by what they have seen on screen to think about...
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