Aliens, robots, wormholes, superheroes...there's more than a little science in all of these, but how can that science be kept straight and consistent across multiple movies and seasons of TV shows? Panelists
Jon Spaihts (writer,
Prometheus),
Jane Espenson (producer/writer,
Battlestar Galactica, Caprica),
Zack Stentz and
Ashley Miller (writers,
Thor, X-Men: First Class),
Jaime Paglia (producer/writer,
Eureka), and
Dr. Kevin Grazier (science advisor,
Battlestar Galactica, Defiance), talk about the ups and downs of respecting the science in ongoing science fiction TV and movie series. Moderated by
Dr. Phil Plait (writer/host,
Phil Plait's Bad Universe, Discover magazine's Bad Astronomy blog), and courtesy of The Science and Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences.
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