Event Recap: Science of Psychopaths!
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Phrases like “sense of entitlement” and “out of touch with reality” described every prominent person mentioned throughout the night. Words like “arrogance” and “narcissism” were used repeatedly. High atop the gorgeous SoHo House last Thursday evening, in a room filled with some of Hollywood’s finest and most scientifically-curious minds, a…
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Marvel's THOR: The Dark World Ultimate Mentor Adventure Takes STEM to Hollywood
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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 minds at Marvel, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), Dolby Laboratories, and Girl Scouts USA, to roll out Marvel’s THOR:…
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Watch My Shorts
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Installment 1: Accidental Painting, Flatland: the Movie, and Flatland 2: Sphereland People love science fiction and Hollywood loves the piles of money these films make. The record holder for worldwide box office proceeds among all films is James Cameron’s science fiction epic Avatar (2009), coming in at a cool $2.8…
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Deep Sea, Deeper Secrets with David Gallo
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Serene, mysterious, always intriguing, with just a touch of danger – on paper, the description of a beautiful woman and the great Pacific Ocean could be easily confused. Below the surface of some of the world’s most majestic waves, lies a world that few have experienced, and even fewer have…
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Body Hacking: Exploring The Quantified Self
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“You have walked 3,343 steps today,” according to the FitBit Flex around your wrist. But why do you feel so sluggish? A quick peek at your daily data suggests that it could be due to your 10 periods of restlessness the night before. The Quantified Self movement elicits a vision…
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Plextronics – Is The Next Big Thing Flat?
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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 use an energy efficient technology that’s a perfect example of what can go…
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Stories From Google New York
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A treasure hidden in plain view, the expansive Google New York building engulfs an entire square block of the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan. But, while the building is hard to miss, gaining access to what lies within those four concrete walls is a much more difficult feat. On the surface,…
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Opinion Exchange: The Best show You’re Probably Not Watching
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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 an Emmy a few weeks ago for outstanding morning program, an…
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Science Rules on Big Brother 14
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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 scientists even though he’s not quite finished with school. Big Brother, a…
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How a Drawing Could Cure Cancer: Physics Diagrams as Modern Hieroglyphs
Written by: Umberto Cannella
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 neighbor. One such instance is captured in the picture below. If you look at it, you…
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