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Scientists and Artists Talk Consciousness, Blindness, Most Embarrassing Moments at the World Science Festival
If you didn’t have a chance to make it to any of the events at this year’s World Science Festival, you’re in luck – the festival has posted a few videos here. The festival, which started in 2008, brings together … Continue reading
Man Meets Animal in “Splice,” the Tale of a Modern-Day Frankenstein
Human-animal hybrids are the stuff of science fiction, right? Or could we actually be coming close to creating one? Tomorrow the film Splice opens in theaters across the country. The premise: two brilliant geneticists (played by Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley) … Continue reading
Silver Screen Science: Obselidia, Into Eternity
This week marks the beginning of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City — so on this week’s Science Friday, we’re taking the opportunity to talk to people behind two science-related motion pictures. In our first hour, Ira will … Continue reading
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Hubble 3D, Now Playing
The movie Hubble 3D comes out in theaters today. The film’s director, Toni Myers, will be in the studio with Ira as part of Science Friday’s “Future of 3D” segment on March 19th. During the movie, viewers virtually enter 3D … Continue reading
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The Attraction of Magnetic Movie
Imagine Science Film Festival’s Nature Scientific Merit Award went to Magnetic Movie, a 4-minute, 47-second short by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt of Semiconductor Films. Theirs was one of 50 films representing 9 countries and selected from over 250 submissions. … Continue reading
Ken Burns’ National Parks: from Scenery to Science
Part One Ken Burns’ new series, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea premiered on Public Television stations nationwide during the last week of September. By the end of the first episode, I immediately recognized that this opus differed from past … Continue reading
Imagine Science Film Festival Preview
Tonight’s the Quirky Science Shorts at the Imagine Science Film Festival, and quirky indeed. And short. Most of the films run under ten minutes and the topics span from lab waste to the friendship between a moth and a firefly. … Continue reading
The Power Loader Has Arrived
In the span of science fiction in our culture, the genre has taken the current science and followed it down as many different roads as possible. Once in a while, the roles are reversed and the science follows the science … Continue reading
