↓ Skip to Main Content
Exchange
  • About
    • About the Program
    • Board Leadership
    • Our Sponsors
    • Endorsements
    • Contact
  • Projects
    • Film
    • TV
    • Production Companies
  • Get Involved
    • Scientists
    • Entertainment Community
    • Sponsors
    • Donors
    • Press
    • Education Outreach
  • Events
  • Blog
    • Featured Entertainer
    • Scientist Spotlight
    • Under the Microscope
  • Donate

ASK AN ASTRONAUT… about space junk, or as they call it orbital debris

Posted on May 17, 2022 by The Exchange
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: The Exchange

Ask a Scientist goes to space! Screenwriter Will Staples talks with astronaut Rick Mastracchio about what happens to all the junk that is flying around in space.…

Learn more ›

ask a scientist…what is the multiverse

Posted on May 14, 2022 by The Exchange
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: The Exchange

The multiverse is a popular concept in movies, but what is it? Screenwriter Stephany Folsom gets to the core of the multiverse with physicist Clifford V. Johnson.…

Learn more ›

ask a nurse … what would help improve nurse and clinician well-being?

Posted on May 3, 2022 by The Exchange
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: The Exchange

Film director Bronwen Hughes chats with Beverly Malone, president and CEO, National League for Nursing, about health care worker well-being, particularly from a nurse’s view.…

Learn more ›

ask a scientist … how does creativity work from a neurological perspective?

Posted on April 26, 2022 by The Exchange
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: The Exchange

Screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet has a conversation with neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Heather Berlin about what helps the process of being creative.…

Learn more ›

ask a scientist … is time travel possible?

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Sachi Gerbin


Written by: Sachi Gerbin

Screenwriter Stephany Folsom gets deep with physicist Clifford V. Johnson to discuss the realities of time travel. Is it possible? How? And which direction can we travel?…

Learn more ›

ask an astronaut … how teams from different countries get along on the ISS

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Sachi Gerbin
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: Sachi Gerbin

Ask a Scientist goes to space! Screenwriter Will Staples talks with astronaut Rick Mastracchio about how teams from different countries interface with one another on the International Space Station.…

Learn more ›

ask a scientist … how does our sense of smell affect us at the unconscious level?

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Sachi Gerbin
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: Sachi Gerbin

Screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel) has a conversation with neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Heather Berlin about what makes our sense of smell unique and how it affects us.…

Learn more ›

ASK AN ASTRONAUT … is our investment in NASA worth it?

Posted on March 29, 2022 by The Exchange
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: The Exchange

Ask a Scientist goes to space! Screenwriter Will Staples talks with astronaut Rick Mastracchio about the investment the U.S. makes in space and whether it is worth it.  …

Learn more ›

ask a scientist … what does research tell us about the power of stories?

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Sachi Gerbin
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: Sachi Gerbin

Screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet has a conversation with neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Heather Berlin about why stories play such a powerful role in our lives.…

Learn more ›

ask an astronaut … about physically adjusting to being in space

Posted on March 15, 2022 by The Exchange
Featured Video Play Icon


Written by: The Exchange

Ask a Scientist goes to space! Screenwriter Will Staples talks with Astronaut Rick Mastracchio about what the body goes through as it adapts to being in space…and then back on earth.…

Learn more ›
‹ Older posts

Get Updates

Get our newsletter and virtual event invites

Archived Events

ARCHIVE: SCIENCE IN TV/FILM
ARCHIVE: SCIENCE NEWS

Latest Events

  • Watch Insect Wars: The Barbaric Ways of Bugs
  • Watch Back from the Dead: The Difficulties and Dilemmas of De-Extinction
  • Watch International Peacebuilding Through Science
  • Watch World Building: Making the Future Real
  • Watch Eat to Live

Latest Blog Posts

  • ASK AN ASTRONAUT… about space junk, or as they call it orbital debris
  • ask a scientist…what is the multiverse
  • ask a nurse … what would help improve nurse and clinician well-being?
  • ask a scientist … how does creativity work from a neurological perspective?
  • ask a scientist … is time travel possible?
NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
HOME CONTACT US SITEMAP TERMS OF USE & PRIVACY STATEMENT
©2022 National Academy of Sciences.
The Science and Entertainment Exchange is a nonprofit program of the National Academy of Sciences.
    © 2022 Exchange
    ↑
    Responsive Theme powered by WordPress