PODCAST: Professor Brian Cox and the ‘Wonders of the Solar System’
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View ArticlePODCAST: Science Careers in Entertainment
The quirky and fun, if unrealistic, laboratory of Dr. Walter Bishop on the sci-fi television show "Fringe." ©20th Century FOX, all rights reserved. So ya wanna work in showbiz, eh kid, but all you’ve...
View ArticleREVIEW: ‘The Science of Battlestar Galactica’
"The Science of Battlestar Galactica" ©Wiley Books and NBC Universal, all rights reserved. Battlestar Galactica is one of the defining, genre-changing science fiction shows of its, or perhaps any,...
View ArticleInterview: Michio Kaku and The Physics of the Future
Physics of the Future images and all content ©2011 Doubleday Publishing. Dr. Michio Kaku recently consolidated his position as America’s most visible physicist by acting as the voice of the science...
View ArticleREVIEW: Wide ‘Awake’: New Sci-Fi Series Takes on Sleep Science
Awake, and all images and screenshots, ©2012 NBC Universal, all rights reserved As far back as last summer, when pilots for the current television season were floating around, a quirky sci-fi show for...
View ArticleNew Comic-Con Documentary Celebrates Fandom and The Rise of the Geek
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope poster and all film stills ©2012 Wreckin Hill Entertainment, all rights reserved. Every July, hundreds of thousands of fans descend upon the city of San Diego for a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture
Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture ©2012 McGraw Hill Professional, all rights reserved. This past weekend, over 130,000 people descended on the San Diego Convention Center to take part in...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being Green: Water, Our Next Endangered Resource (And...
“The wars of the 21st Century will be fought over water.” —Ismail Serageldin, World Bank Last Call at the Oasis film poster ©2012, Participant Media, all rights reserved. Watching the devastation and...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence: The Risk of Robots on the Rampage
For every friendly robot we see in science fiction such as Star Wars’s C3PO, there are others with a more sinister reputation that you can find in films such as I, Robot. Most movie robots can indeed...
View ArticleDefiance Breaks Sci-Fi Mold
Defiance television show and video game images are ©2013 NBC Universal. All rights reserved. SyFy channel’s new show Defiance is breaking the mold in every way. An unusual combination of fantasy...
View ArticleREVIEW: “Helix”
Helix poster and stills ©2014 NBC Universal, all rights reserved. The biggest threat to mankind may not end up being an enormous weapon; in fact, it might be too small to visualize without a...
View ArticleInterview: Michio Kaku and The Physics of the Future
Physics of the Future images and all content ©2011 Doubleday Publishing. Dr. Michio Kaku recently consolidated his position as America’s most visible physicist by acting as the voice of the science...
View ArticleREVIEW: Wide ‘Awake': New Sci-Fi Series Takes on Sleep Science
Awake, and all images and screenshots, ©2012 NBC Universal, all rights reserved As far back as last summer, when pilots for the current television season were floating around, a quirky sci-fi show for...
View ArticleNew Comic-Con Documentary Celebrates Fandom and The Rise of the Geek
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope poster and all film stills ©2012 Wreckin Hill Entertainment, all rights reserved. Every July, hundreds of thousands of fans descend upon the city of San Diego for a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture
Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture ©2012 McGraw Hill Professional, all rights reserved. This past weekend, over 130,000 people descended on the San Diego Convention Center to take part in...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being Green: Water, Our Next Endangered Resource (And...
“The wars of the 21st Century will be fought over water.” —Ismail Serageldin, World Bank Last Call at the Oasis film poster ©2012, Participant Media, all rights reserved. Watching the devastation and...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence: The Risk of Robots on the Rampage
For every friendly robot we see in science fiction such as Star Wars’s C3PO, there are others with a more sinister reputation that you can find in films such as I, Robot. Most movie robots can indeed...
View ArticleDefiance Breaks Sci-Fi Mold
Defiance television show and video game images are ©2013 NBC Universal. All rights reserved. SyFy channel’s new show Defiance is breaking the mold in every way. An unusual combination of fantasy...
View ArticleREVIEW: “Helix”
Helix poster and stills ©2014 NBC Universal, all rights reserved. The biggest threat to mankind may not end up being an enormous weapon; in fact, it might be too small to visualize without a...
View ArticleREVIEW: SyFy Channel takes off with “Ascension”
As part of an ongoing recommitment to its sci-fi genre roots, SyFy Channel is unveiling the original scripted drama Ascension, for now a six hour mini-series, and possible launch for a future series....
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