Mass panic and overturned cars in the streets are fun in movies, but is that how people really act during disasters? In Part 2 of this disaster-themed #AskAScientist series, Hollywood producer Diana Williams talks with disasterologist Dr. Samantha Montano about the number one myth surrounding disasters and how more than…
Disaster movies are fun, but real disasters are anything but. We teamed up with our friends at LabX to figure out what we need to know to separate fact from fiction. In this first installment, Hollywood producer, and self-proclaimed prepper, Diana Williams asks disasterologist Dr. Samantha Montano what people should…
This time, computer scientist Jen Golbeck asks actor Kerry Bishé about playing a woman computer scientist.
Actor Kerry Bishé, known for her lead role as Donna Clark, a computer scientist, in the AMC television series Halt and Catch Fire talks with Dr. Jen Golbeck, computer scientist. Jen currently is a…
Actor Kerry Bishé, known for her lead role as Donna Clark, a computer scientist, in the AMC television series Halt and Catch Fire talks with Dr. Jen Golbeck, computer scientist. Jen currently is a Professor at the College of Information Studies, an affiliate professor in the Computer Science Department, and…
#AskAScientist is a down-and-dirty, shot-at-home, short video series of uncertain duration and frequency in which our friends talk to scientists who answer their most pressing questions about the state of the state in science. Our latest installment features Katherine McNamara asking emergency preparedness expert and National Academy of Medicine member…
#AskAScientist is a down-and-dirty, shot-at-home, short video series of uncertain duration and frequency in which our friends talk to scientists who answer their most pressing questions about the state of the state in science. Our first installment features Joseph Gordon-Levitt asking the Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine,…
As a child, Tracy Drain had always been drawn to space and space exploration, partially inspired by the sci-fi movies her mom would take her to watch in the theater. Years later, she landed her dream job at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a systems engineer. We spoke to…
Exchange consultant Emilie Lorditch recently told us about her experience as a Sloan Science Advisor and what it was like to “find her perfect fit.” Here is what she had to say:
When you find the intersection of what you are good at and what you love, it truly is…
Avengers: Age of Ultron opened Friday and we recently got a chance to speak to Jeff Kahn, professor of bioethics and public policy at Johns Hopkins University, who worked on the film. Kahn provided some amazing insight into artificial intelligence, the work he does, meeting with the Avengers group in…
Insurgent, the second film in the Divergent series based on the novels by Veronica Roth is killing it at the box office. It’s the latest in a series of recent films based on the idea of a dystopian future. Though it’s the go-to genre for young adult films and novels,…
