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April 10, 2020

PoW: Love lives of sea creatures

Museum of the Moving Image's Sonia Epstein picks her favorite event from our archive.

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April 7, 2020

Featured playlist: The science of baseball

This week's featured playlist takes us off the couch and into the diamond for a look at the science of baseball.

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April 3, 2020

PoW: Living with dogs living with us

The Colonial Theatre's Michal Korsarts picks her favorite event from our archive.

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April 1, 2020

Featured playlist: Epidemics

This week's featured playlist examines the science of human contagion.

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March 27, 2020

Science on Screen playlist for the best of Netflix

Enjoy Science on Screen while you're sheltering at home with our online archive! Up first: a playlist of science lectures to watch with 10 of Netflix's best films.

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February 29, 2020

"Physics World" addresses getting the science right in films

Physicist and science-in-film columnist Sidney Perkowitz celebrates indie filmmakers who refuse to sacrifice the science to the story.

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November 6, 2019

A new season has begun!

This year, 36 independent cinemas, museums, and community centers will be using Science on Screen grants to promote scientific literacy through the movies.

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May 13, 2019

Meet the grantees: 3 SoS theaters featured on "Art-house America"

The Criterion Channel spotlights Science on Screen grantees who bring art house film and much more to their communties.

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March 29, 2019

The future of science in film

Science on Screen sponsor Doron Webber tells Science magazine why the partnership of science and cinema matters.

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March 19, 2019

National Week of Science on Screen starts tomorrow

27 film organizations from Alaska to Massachusetts feature science speakers at movie screenings between March 20 and 26.

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March 8, 2019

Our International Women's Day BOMBSHELL

For International Women's Day 2019, we're sharing a playlist of Science on Screen videos celebrating some too-often HIDDEN FIGURES of research: women in STEM.

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February 26, 2019

New on the site: How fake news spreads

In this newly posted video, Twitter expert Deb Roy discusses the results of his lab's investigations into what we share on social media.

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January 2, 2019

3 kid-friendly science/movie combos to get you through winter break

More than a week of school-free winter vacation is the best...until it's not. If you've got bored brains on your hands, spice up your break with some science and cinema!

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December 19, 2018

Congratulations to the SoS class of 2018−19!

Back in September, we welcomed our 14th class of Science on Screen grantees. From Hawaii to Maine and Alaska to Florida, they are already hard at work pairing great science content with equally great movies. Learn more below, and check out a 2018-19 Science on Screen event near you!

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December 18, 2018

Our top 5 space movies (and some real science to go with them)

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...blast off! We're launching the new Science on Screen blog with a look at the top 5 space movies in the Science on Screen archive—and the science our grantees presented with them. All systems go!

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