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Sci-fi movies are the secret weapon that could help Silicon Valley...

Staff Writer - November 15, 2018

Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Jurassic Park,” it’s probably Jeff...

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Neil Armstrong and the America that could have been

Staff Writer - October 14, 2018

Joe Essid, University of Richmond According to a Gallup Poll from 1999, only 50 percent of those surveyed could even name Neil Armstrong as the...

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Brett Kavanaugh goes to the movies

Staff Writer - October 2, 2018

Marsha Gordon, North Carolina State University I’m a film studies professor, so when I first saw an image of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s June...

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Why it matters that teens are reading less

Staff Writer - August 21, 2018

Jean Twenge, San Diego State University Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But today’s teens...

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Black and biracial Americans wouldn’t need to code-switch if we lived...

Staff Writer - August 17, 2018

Chandra D.L. Waring, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Boots Riley’s new film “Sorry to Bother You” does anything but apologize. In telling the story of Cassius, a...

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‘Jurassic Park’ made a dinosaur-sized leap forward in computer-generated animation on...

Staff Writer - June 10, 2018

Adam Bargteil, University of Maryland, Baltimore County With 25 years of hindsight, “Jurassic Park” marks a pivotal point in the history of visual effects in...

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The hidden superpower of ‘Black Panther’: Scientist role models

Staff Writer - February 11, 2018

Clifford Johnson, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences I’m not the first to say that the upcoming Marvel movie...