Posts by Sam Boyce
Movies Are Silly!
Movie Science (part 2) Last time we talked about some of the less-than-entertaining aspects of microscopes and space that are abused, falsified or just plain ignored when film-makers get their grubby little hands on them. This time we’ll be discussing faster-than-light travel. It’ll be great, I promise. Faster-Than-Light Travel Theoretically impossible but pretty much…
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Movie Science (part 1) Science is cool and interesting and wonderful. It brings us everything from long-winded and mostly inaccurate speeches from presidential hopefuls to the iPhone 4S. We use it to understand the world around us and change it to our benefit. So naturally film-makers tap into this font of knowledge and excitement to…
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Allegories and Explosions I suppose since this is the first edition of this series you’re going to want some kind of explanation. Well you can have it! And more! Movies, films, talkies, whatever you call them we all love them (hopefully, I mean you ARE on a pop culture website, you know that right?). They…
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