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SEE: the Science & Entertainment Exchange - C C - Apr 20, 2016
How Do You Get Better Science in TV And Movies? You Have to SEE
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/04/18/science_and_entertainment_exchange_gets_better_science_in_tv_and_movies.html
EXCERPT: There's a lot more science in science fiction these days than you may be aware of. Oh, do I love science fiction on TV and in the movies. I’m grooving on The Expanse, 12 Monkeys, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and more. The science in a lot of these productions may not be perfect, but it’s pretty dang good. Certainly way better than it was even a few years ago. A big reason for that is SEE: the Science and Entertainment Exchange. This is a program by the National Academy of Sciences—a very prestigious group—to increase the quality of science and the depiction of scientists in the media. I love this idea; most writers of these shows aren’t experts in the science, and when they talk to scientists, they can discover storylines they wouldn’t have even known existed....