Science Goes to the Movies
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Earlier this week at The Intersection, Sheril Kirshenbaum offered a look at a new program from the National Academies that will help television and movie makers who want better integrate scientific concepts into their work. The Science and Entertainment Exchange aims to bridge the gap between the research arena and the entertainment industry “and addresses the mutual need of the two communities by providing the credibility and the verisimilitude upon which quality entertainment depends – and which audiences have come to expect,” according to the program’s website.
New Scientist reports that veteran science writer and blogger Jennifer Ouellette will run the project.
Connecting producers, writers, and directors with science experts won’t just lead to more mind-bending episodes of CSI. The point is that the entertainment industry helps shape the way the American public thinks about issues like the purpose and goals of scientific research, bioethics, and the expansion and application of technology. And the people as comfortable behind a camera as they are behind a microscope are few.
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