Western science fiction often presents fantastical ideas of the future, with robots and spaceships and groups of people living and working together in harmony. Yet for all of the ideas of progress, SF relies heavily on the current values, ideas, and stereotypes of the time period, often marginalizing, ignoring and stereotyping other races, presenting anyone... Continue Reading →
Written by: Eric Schucht Recently it was announced that the Cartoon Network hit show Adventure Time would end on its 9th season, wrapping up the series sometime next year. Fans can be disheartened when a popular show comes to an end, however, there is a sense of calm in the Adventure Time fandom; a consensus... Continue Reading →
My journalism professor assigned this project involving data journalism. Along with a few of my peers who share my interest in science, I wrote some case studies on different publications and how they utilized data in their science articles. Mack Veltman, Ryan Eberle, Hannah Morrow, Tyler Smith, Natalie Waitt-Gibson. Introduction Over the past few decades,... Continue Reading →
After an uneven first few episodes, Riverdale offers an entertaining and chilling season conclusion. I didn't actually think I would be that interested in Riverdale, a mature CW adaptation of the popular Archie comics I read as a child. I never really watched shows that featured twenty-something-year-olds trying to pass off as high school students while navigating the complicated... Continue Reading →
It’s a world where you can be an sneak assassin who shoots fireballs from your hands and collects gems to adorn to a spacious mansion overlooking a quiet lake, which is often the site of a visit from a lumbering giant or a snarling pack of wolves. It’s a world where you can slay dragons... Continue Reading →
Imagine scientists can turn your genetic clock back in time to cure diseases like Parkinson’s and Huntington’s. This seems like an idea straight from the Twilight Zone, but as I discussed earlier with the CRISPR Cas9, the technology to do so actually exists, and is accelerating every day. We know this technology as the controversial... Continue Reading →
"It's time for the Jedi to end," is the ominous phrase wrapping up the trailer for the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. The trailer, which was released Friday morning, highlights Rey's training with Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, who channels his former master Yoda, and encourages the young heroine to breath and reach into the Force.... Continue Reading →
27 years after his big screen debut, Pennywise the Clown is returning to the small town of Derry, Main to terrorize a new generation of filmgoers in the upcoming remake of Stephen King’s classic 1986 horror novel. “It” was first adapted in the 1990 live action film starring Tim Curry in the iconic role as... Continue Reading →
Published on Front Line Genomics: http://www.frontlinegenomics.com/blog/11167/gattaca-genetically-enhanced-humans-fact-fiction/ The ability to alter a human genome to influence eye color, height and strength was a major plot point in the 1997 science fiction film, Gattaca. The movie stars Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman, a young man who is considered genetically inferior because of his natural birth, and is thus... Continue Reading →
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