De-extinction: Bringing Back the Dodo?
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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 that they could make the movie’s premise – in which the DNA of dinosaurs’ blood is preserved in…
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Lincoln V. Lincoln
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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 Exchange, we have a particular affinity for good old Abe, and this week our pride swells even more than usual.…
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Valentine's Day Science Showdown: Gift Edition
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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 for your brain to process! You have to make it…
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Imagine Science Film Festival: A Marriage of Science and Film
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“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 is blessed with all the physical and intellectual gifts required for such an arduous undertaking, a genetic quotient…
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When the far-fetched is no longer fantasy
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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 proverbial horizon, we thought we’d take a look at what Back to the Future Part II…
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Event Recap: Medical Miracles: Cutting Edge Health Technology
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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 Entertainment Exchange hosted Medical Miracles: Cutting Edge Health Technology at the Directors Guild of…
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Representing Robots: Theater First, Film Later
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When I made a list of the all-time ten best science fiction films for my book Hollywood Science (2010), I was surprised to find that three of them feature artificial creatures: machine-like robots in Metropolis (1927) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), and human-like androids in Blade Runner…
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Recap: The Science of Science Fiction: Canon Fodder
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Oh, Comic Con. The San Diego Comic Con is the largest pop–culture (scif, fantasy, and so on) convention in America, and one of the largest in the world; over 130,000 people attend. It’s actually a madhouse, with a packed exhibit hall and hundreds of amazing panels and talks. This year,…
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Space Tourism
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Orange streaks of flame obscure the view outside the spacecraft’s small circular window. Smoke wafts from behind control panels. Loose equipment bounces around the cabin at the thud of Earth impact. These images, recorded by Richard Garriott from inside the Russian Soyuz TMA-12 capsule as it descended from orbit, feature…
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Robots! Aliens! Time travel! Superheroes! SCIENCE!
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At the 2012 San Diego Comic Con we’re putting the Sci in SciFi with the return of the popular panel: The Science of Science Fiction: Canon Fodder Packed with the names behind some of the biggest science fiction hits in Hollywood and TV, the panel will explore the science behind…
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