More (and better?) science on TV?

Prime time makes a scientific discovery

"My husband, who's a physicist at CalTech, says, 'Physics is the new black,' " says Jennifer Ouellette, who regularly blogs about the subject on cocktailpartyphysics.com. The author of such science-friendly books as "The Physics of the Buffyverse," in which she deconstructed the science of " Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Ouellette is also the new director of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a new program developed by the National Academy of Science to help Hollywood understand scientists and visa versa.

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"Most people in the entertainment industry don't know a scientist," she says. "Or even someone who knows a scientist. I know lots of scientists."

And she's happy to share. Last month, Seth MacFarlane hosted the group's first symposium, inviting writers, producers and other industry types to listen to and chat with experts in fields including astophysics, genetics, robotics, neuroscience and marine biology, and it couldn't have come at a better time.

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