The Film Building:
A few days ago, I had a chance (with other ScienceBloggers) to check out Randy Olson's new flick, Sizzle. Now let me first start by saying that I'm hardly a movie aficionado - my favourite movie is still Star Wars,...
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Posted on July 15, 2008 5:00 AM • 0 Comments •
I doodle a bit, and sometimes, it has this Breakfast of Champions look to it - which to be frank is deliberate, since I think it's a great visual style, especially for the purpose of teaching. Anyway, since, I'm playing...
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Posted on July 8, 2008 11:00 AM • 0 Comments •
I have to say that I really enjoyed this presentation by Sir Ken Robinson. Well worth the twenty minutes. Curious about comments too from you educators out there. Ben, do you think this guy is a contender for our advisory...
Posted on November 10, 2007 10:39 AM • 10 Comments •
Some stuff on the esteemed Robert Altman, who died on Monday at 81. And let's call it culture, not chatter. (Even though it isn't a war, per the Sb super category title).
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Posted on November 22, 2006 10:59 AM • 0 Comments •
The question humming around ScienceBlogs at this particular moment is about Science TV, so I thought I would pipe up for one of me and my kid's current favourite shows: Peep and the Big Wide World....
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Posted on October 22, 2006 7:09 PM • 3 Comments •
Here is an example where an artist, perhaps unknowingly even, is consuming less. A short animated movie, using only the reused, recycled, or (at the very least) the very old, that shows how aesthetics can be achieved through any means....
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Posted on September 21, 2006 8:27 AM • 0 Comments •
Well, it looks like units of our Psyche Strainers are shipping robustly. So much so, that we are perhaps close to thinking about bankrolling a possible movie venture. In this respect, we're thinking specifically of adapting a screenplay from a...
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Posted on August 24, 2006 4:02 PM • 2 Comments •
Scienceblogger question is asking the following: What movie do you think does something admirable (though not necessarily accurate) regarding science? Bonus points for answering whether the chosen movie is any good generally.... I'm surprised no one has mentioned Star Wars...
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Posted on August 4, 2006 12:40 PM • 5 Comments •
Asking a Scienceblogger... What movie do you think does something admirable (though not necessarily accurate) regarding science? Bonus points for answering whether the chosen movie is any good generally.... The first legitimate answer that occurred to me was the 1995...
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Posted on August 4, 2006 9:20 AM • 3 Comments •
This is but a link to an interesting summary article about the topic of scientists (physicists) in film. It's by Sidney Perkowitz, who teaches at Emory, and who I've seen speak at the meetings of and know has long been...
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Posted on July 17, 2006 8:23 AM • 2 Comments •
Looks like the movie Hollow Man 2, a movie which used my lab for a scene or two is finally out....
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Posted on July 8, 2006 11:46 AM • 0 Comments •
Hello, those of you from boingboing.net. Please take a moment to peruse the site. In a nutshell, this is a site that is all about looking at things from both the humanist and scientific perspectives. The World's Fair is run...
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Posted on June 15, 2006 12:26 PM • 19 Comments •
David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher. 
Benjamin Cohen is an Asst. Professor of Science, Tech., and Society at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of S & T in environmental history, policy, and ethics. He also writes other stuff. 
Trying to find your way around this place? Like most expositions, we offer a map: Map of The World's Fair
