Science Goes to the Movies

- Season 4

(2017)

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Can a movie change the structure of your brain? An Adolescent Neuroscientist talks about Winnie the Pooh.

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Stephon Alexander, cosmologist and author of The Jazz of Physics, talks math and music, John Coltrane and Einstein.

Physicist Moiya McTier and astronaut Mike Massimino break down the math and social science in "Hidden Figures."

Dr. Karen Soren Director of Adolescent Medicine, Columbia University joins us to discuss Spiderman and teenagers' not-so-secret desire to be a superhero.

Evil - it's a great plot twist but where does it fit in real life? Professor Ahmed Ragab of Harvard School of Divinity joins us to talk about the psychology and science in the movie, "Split."

HBO has the Mother of Dragons, but Science Goes to the Movies has the Father of Cyborgs. And ours is a real life neuroscientist, Dr. Phillip Kennedy.

How does real life in outer space different from the movies? Astronaut Mike Massimino joins Faith to talk his memoir "Spaceman."

What is the cornerstone of civilization - Math? Or Language? A linguist and an astrophysicist throw down with a look at the movie Arrival. With Emily Rice and William Haddican.

In the movies, everyone who wants to sing, can sing. Why isn't that true in real life? Juilliard professor, Dr. Edith Wiens give a lesson on human vocal production.