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Skeptic Check: Follywood Science
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2013
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Podcast episode
Description
ENCORE The Day After. 2001. Prometheus. There are sci-fi films a’plenty … but how much science is in the fiction? We take the fact checkers to Hollywood to investigate the science behind everything from space travel to human cloning.
Plus, guess what sci-fi film is the most scientifically accurate (hint: we’ve already mentioned it). Also, why messing with medical facts on film can be dangerous … and the inside scoop from a writer of one of television’s most successful sci-fi franchises.
And, a robot who surpasses even Tinseltown’s lively imagination: a humanoid that may become a surrogate you.
Guests:
David Kirby – Senior lecturer in science communication studies at the University of Manchester in the U.K. and author of Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema
Lucas Kavner – Reporter, Huffington Post, author of a piece on the rise of robot surrogates
Wayne Grody – Medical geneticist, director of the DNA diagnostic Laboratory, UCLA Medical Center
Andre Bormanis – Television writer and science consultant for Star Trek
Descripción en español
First released July 30, 2012.
Plus, guess what sci-fi film is the most scientifically accurate (hint: we’ve already mentioned it). Also, why messing with medical facts on film can be dangerous … and the inside scoop from a writer of one of television’s most successful sci-fi franchises.
And, a robot who surpasses even Tinseltown’s lively imagination: a humanoid that may become a surrogate you.
Guests:
David Kirby – Senior lecturer in science communication studies at the University of Manchester in the U.K. and author of Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists, and Cinema
Lucas Kavner – Reporter, Huffington Post, author of a piece on the rise of robot surrogates
Wayne Grody – Medical geneticist, director of the DNA diagnostic Laboratory, UCLA Medical Center
Andre Bormanis – Television writer and science consultant for Star Trek
Descripción en español
First released July 30, 2012.
Released:
Sep 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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