Maybe you don’t like The Big Bang Theory, but millions of people do. And after this next season, who knows when they’ll see scientists on popular sitcoms again?
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Science of Stranger Things: Dustin’s pet research project
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenIn Stranger Things, Dustin visits the local library to find out more about a creature he found, and brings some real science into this scifi show.
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Book Review: The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThe Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who Simon Guerrier and Dr. Marek Kukula BBC Books, Paperback (2016) I didn’t start watching Doctor Who until the rebooted series in 2005. I …
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Outreach advice for Pied Piper
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenI don’t always get what’s happening in Silicon Valley. I mean the TV show. I certainly don’t understand what’s happening in the actual global tech hub of the same name. …
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Science housewares on an episode of Portlandia
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThis is a scene from the latest Portlandia episode, mocking the trend for lab glassware as quirky science housewares. (Video available on Facebook, or on the IFC YouTube channel if …
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I watched the pilot episode of Better Off Ted a while ago, and have no intentions of watching any more of it. Better Off Ted is a show about a …