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CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies

Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Faith Salie, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures. Written and Produced by Lisa Beth Kovetz.

tv & film

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26:42

Can Star Trek's "Enterprise" Really Hide in a Brown...

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2023/05/19

Lisa Beth Kovetz & Emily Rice of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College dig into black holes, brown dwarfs and Star Trek's "Strange New Worlds!"

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26:44

Infotainment and The Weather

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2023/04/21

In the climate-change allegory, "Don't Look Up" the media failed to report the reality of an oncoming comet. Are we doing the same with our ever wilder weather? CUNY’s Prof. Jimmy Booth; CUNY Alums Dr. Veeshan Narinesingh and Joe Rao weigh in.

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26:43

Kingsborough ChefMark D'Alessandro Discusses The Bear

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2023/03/17

Prof. and Chef, Mark D'Alessando, Dir. of Culinary Arts, at CUNY's Kingsborough Community College joins us to talk about Hulu's "The Bear," why the science of baking can become so obsessive, and why community colleges have the best culinary arts degree.

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26:45

The Intelligent Empathy of Dolphins with Prof. Diana...

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2023/02/17

Dolphins are often as creative and personable in real life as they are on the screen. Author and Prof. Diana Reiss Director of the Animal Behavior and Conservation Program at CUNY's own Hunter College joins us to explain why

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26:45

"The Gilded Age" and Archeological Discoveries in NYC"

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2023/01/20

HBO's "The Guided Age" details NYC's antique, ultra-rich, without giving much thought to the city that made it possible. Joining us to talk about what lies under our city, is triple CUNY alumna Alyssa Loorya of Chrysalis Archaeological Consultants.

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26:43

Gifted Children and other Superheroes

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/11/11

Author and UConn Prof. Betsy McCoach joins us in a discussion about "Raising Dion" and gifted children.

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26:45

Mistakes of the Jedi - Revenge Of The Shrinks

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/10/14

Dr. Robin Rosenberg, The Clinical Psychologist Who Wrote Your College Text Book, “Abnormal Psychology,” And The Uber-Editor Of The Oxford University Press, “Superhero” Series Discusses Anakin Skywalker And Attachment Disorders.

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26:45

The Truth and Fictions of Past and Current HIV Cures

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/09/09

How have attitudes and treatments for HIV changed over the decades? CUNY Prof. Denis Nash discusses past & current HIV treatment and cures and the circa 1980 attitudes of "It's A Sin" (BBC) versus the realities of Jared Frieder's 2022 film "Three Months"

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26:45

Failure and Ignorance and Murder Mysteries!

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/06/03

Dr. Stuart Firestein, Columbia U. neuroscientist, author of “Ignorance” and “Failure” joins us to discuss to compare and contrast murder mysteries with the public perception of how science gets done!

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26:45

Author Wendy Suzuki discusses Dune’s “Litany Against...

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/05/06

Fans of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” know “The Litany Against Fear” by heart and repeat to themselves in times of strife. To talk about other things you might do in a stressful situation, we spoke to neuroscientist, Wendy Suzuki, author of “Good Anxiety.”

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26:45

What’s Going On In Your Dog’s Mind? HouseBroken and...

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/04/08

In “HouseBroken,” Lisa Kudo’s poodle, “Honey” psychoanalyzes the pups who come to her couch for group therapy. At the Hunter Thinking Dog Center, Sarah Elizabeth Byosiere studies the behavior and cognition of domestic dogs.

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26:44

Hank Zipzer, Henry Winkler and the Neuroscience of...

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/03/11

Author/Actor Henry Winkler and neuroscientist Dr. Sally Shaywitz (Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity) discuss the underlying causes of dyslexia through the lens of the BBC TV series, “Hank Zipzer,” based on Winkler’s semi-autobiographical novels.

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26:45

Authors of "30 Second Space Travel" discuss The Expense

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/02/04

On the next Science goes to the Movies, we’re looking at the science of the Expanse with Charles Liu, Karen Masters and Allen Lui, three astrophysics who wrote the book on the key ideas, inventions, and destinations that inspired Space Travel.

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26:46

Dune's Ornithopters and How Real Dragonflies Fly with...

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2022/01/07

In the movie “Dune” the Ornithopters move like real dragonflies, but could a machine that size and weight ever really move like that? Our guest, Prof. Jane Wang of Cornell’s Department and Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering explains.

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26:47

“Free Guy” Meets Real A.I.

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2021/12/10

In the fun flick “Free Guy” Ryan Reynolds plays a bit of intelligent computer code that achieves sentience, SORT OF. CUNY Prof. Anita Raja explains the real life limits of machine learning and what parts of Blue Shirt Guy could actually be true.

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26:45

“The Aeronauts” and Measuring Real Climate Change

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2021/11/05

In the 1860’s people believed the weather was too chaotic to ever be predicted, but today our smart phones update weather conditions to the hour. CUNY’s own Dr. James Booth discusses the film “The Aeronauts,” meteorology, and our changing climate.

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26:45

Genetics and the "Next 500 Years" with Dr. Chris Mason

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2021/09/17

In X-Men or Jupiter’s Legacy, genetically altered superheroes push the limits of human biology to save the world. IRL, geneticist, Dr. Christopher E. Mason, thinks we should alter our biological limits to save our species.

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26:46

“Forgiveness and “Uncle Frank” with Dr .Mark D’Agostino

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2021/06/04

In the movie, "Uncle Frank" after years of psychic abuse both large and small the titular Uncle Frank finds it in his heart to forgive his family. And that's great for a movie. But how does it translate to real life?

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26:47

Robotic Surgery!

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2021/05/07

When the 2-DASH-1B surgical robot attached Luke Skywalker’s new arm, our collective creative minds were blown, and visions of autonomous robotic surgery begin appearing across the sci fi spectrum! A look what’s happening in real robotic surgery!

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26:46

Dystopian Worlds and the Game Stop Short Sale

CUNY TV"s Science Goes to the Movies ·

2021/04/09

SciFi money is either the utopian “plenty for all” or worlds of shortages and the very, very powerful crushing everyone else. With that in mind we're look at the GME Short Sale that became a short squeeze for some wealthy hedge fund investors.

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