Watch This Too Shall Pass: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

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Written by: The Exchange

Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences and The Science & Entertainment Exchange Present: This Too Shall Pass: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19 One of the most visible and immediate creative responses to COVID-19 was musical. Videos quickly went viral on social media platforms showing homebound apartment dwellers…

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Cancer-Fighting Stem Cells



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If you want to be immortal (in real life or in television and film), you need more than anti-aging cells – you need cells that fight common diseases. It is a fact echoed in In Time, a film where the characters never age past 25 years old. One of the…

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Men in Black 3: Going Back in Time



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Two familiar men in black suits are back in theaters on May 25, 2012, and this time, more than aliens are involved. In this released trailer for Men in Black 3, J discovers K has been dead for 40 years. With the help of a small device and a jump…

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Naval Aircraft Carrier Tour



Written by: Amy Brown

Recently, I was given the rare opportunity to spend a few days on a Naval aircraft carrier while it was out at sea. On the morning of November 8, I, and a handful of others who work in the entertainment industry, met at the North Island Naval Base in Coronado,…

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Science of the Marvel Cinematic Universe



Written by: Meeri Kim

Jon Spaihts, Screenwriter, DOCTOR STRANGE, was our MC for the night. Throughout its history, Hollywood has struck cinematic gold again and again with a simple yet irresistible concept: the superhero film. The idea of individuals — whether human, mutant, or extraterrestrial — that use their powers for good has escapism,…

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The Future Is Happening Now



Written by: Meeri Kim

Casey Handmer, Hyperloop One Instead of spending an hour on a cramped airplane — or plodding along in a car for six hours — what if you could get from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes? Elon Musk of Tesla Motors and SpaceX fame imagined this very scenario…

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Science, in the Extreme



Written by: Meeri Kim

When Mike Libecki traveled to eastern Greenland last July, the famed adventurer had two missions in mind. First and foremost, he sought to summit the elusive Polar Bear Fang — an unclimbed granite monolith bigger than Yosemite’s El Capitan. This expedition would make for Libecki’s fourth attempt on the tower…

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The Science of Submarine Warfare



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Force Master Chief Russell Mason & Rear Admiral Fritz Roegge I took a World Cinema class my sophomore year of college. My teacher, who had spent several years studying in Germany, insisted on showing us Das Boot (1981). Before that, my experience with submarines had included the Beatles hit, the…

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Science Speed Dating



Written by: Adam Fratto

Merry Wang, Autodesk (photo credit: Steve Lucero / BFA) “The future is cool. Don’t let anyone scare you into thinking otherwise.” —John Rogers “Multiply seven times seven. Take 49 steps right up to seventh heaven.” —Schoolhouse Rock  I had never attended one of The Science & Entertainment Exchange’s famous round-robin…

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The Future of Air & Space



Written by: Adam Fratto

Lt. General Steven Kwast, Dr. Yvonne Cagle, Dr. Jennifery Byrne, and Diana Williams “We went to the Moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians.” —Edgar Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 14 Space is a big deal. Just ask the millions of Earthlings who turned up to theaters to watch Star…

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