“The greatest scientists are artists as well.” -Albert Einstein IntroductionScience, technology, engineering, and math are highly regarded as educational priorities, but these subjects and fields can seem scary and inaccessible to many. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which every three years measures reading ability, math and science literacy and other key skills among... Continue Reading →
If you open up the science and you allow diverse groups to participate, it could really stimulate innovation. -Ellen Jorgenson founder of Genspace DNA code sequencing is getting easier, cheaper, and more consumer friendly; it’s a no longer just practiced in a government lab. Science regularly offers breakthroughs and innovations, like in embryonic stem cell... Continue Reading →
Apparently Pizza Hut is a fan of Black Mirror. Earlier this week, Pizza Hut announced its plans for a fleet of driverless delivery vans--an announcement which caught me off guard as I had just recently watched the Black Mirror season 4 episode "Crocodile" in which a man is hit by--you guessed it--a driverless pizza delivery van. This news... Continue Reading →
From guest writer: Eric Schucht. Crowdfunding is a fairly recent tool that has allowed game developers with projects either too small or too strange to receive funding. Instead of going to Sony or Nintendo to foot the bill, why not go directly to the players instead? It’s a way to cut out the middleman and... Continue Reading →
Before we begin, I’d like to issue a spoiler warning. I won’t be discussing some of the major spoilers of the The Last Jedi but if you haven’t seen the movie, then read on with caution. Released December 15, 2017, The Last Jedi is the ninth installment of the Star Wars franchise, (tenth if you... Continue Reading →
From guest blogger Eric Schucht. Well it looks like it’s that time of year again when gamers and nerds alike argue, discuss, and compile their lists of the best games of the year. As to not get drowned out by the hundreds of other lists, I’m going to take a different approach with my “best... Continue Reading →
The male gaze has once again made its presence known in Hollywood, though is anyone really surprised? For all the films boasting strong female leads, there are a slew of others presenting women as sexualized objects meant to be rescued and bedded, or as barely clothed warriors whose armor does little to actually protect their... Continue Reading →
For all of the utopian visions of the future, with robots and spaceships and holodecks, there is an underlying fear of technology which often drives stories and films in the science fiction genre. In their essay on technophobia, authors Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner write that science fiction films concerning the fears of technology often... Continue Reading →
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 →
