CUNY TV's Science Goes to the Movies

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Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Faith Salie, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures. Written and Produced by Lisa Beth Kovetz.

  1. 05/19/2023 · VIDEO

    Can Star Trek's "Enterprise" Really Hide in a Brown Dwarf?

    Lisa Beth Kovetz & Emily Rice of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College dig into black holes, brown dwarfs and Star Trek's "Strange New Worlds!"

    27 min

  2. 04/21/2023 · VIDEO

    Infotainment and The Weather

    In the climate-change allegory, "Don't Look Up" the media failed to report the reality of an oncoming comet. Are we doing the same with our ever wilder weather? CUNY’s Prof. Jimmy Booth; CUNY Alums Dr. Veeshan Narinesingh and Joe Rao weigh in.

    27 min

  3. 03/17/2023 · VIDEO

    Kingsborough ChefMark D'Alessandro Discusses The Bear

    Prof. and Chef, Mark D'Alessando, Dir. of Culinary Arts, at CUNY's Kingsborough Community College joins us to talk about Hulu's "The Bear," why the science of baking can become so obsessive, and why community colleges have the best culinary arts degree.

    27 min

  4. 02/17/2023 · VIDEO

    The Intelligent Empathy of Dolphins with Prof. Diana Reiss

    Dolphins are often as creative and personable in real life as they are on the screen. Author and Prof. Diana Reiss Director of the Animal Behavior and Conservation Program at CUNY's own Hunter College joins us to explain why

    27 min

  5. 01/20/2023 · VIDEO

    "The Gilded Age" and Archeological Discoveries in NYC"

    HBO's "The Guided Age" details NYC's antique, ultra-rich, without giving much thought to the city that made it possible. Joining us to talk about what lies under our city, is triple CUNY alumna Alyssa Loorya of Chrysalis Archaeological Consultants.

    27 min

  6. 11/11/2022 · VIDEO

    Gifted Children and other Superheroes

    Author and UConn Prof. Betsy McCoach joins us in a discussion about "Raising Dion" and gifted children.

    27 min

  7. 10/14/2022 · VIDEO

    Mistakes of the Jedi - Revenge Of The Shrinks

    Dr. Robin Rosenberg, The Clinical Psychologist Who Wrote Your College Text Book, “Abnormal Psychology,” And The Uber-Editor Of The Oxford University Press, “Superhero” Series Discusses Anakin Skywalker And Attachment Disorders.

    27 min

  8. 09/09/2022 · VIDEO

    The Truth and Fictions of Past and Current HIV Cures

    How have attitudes and treatments for HIV changed over the decades? CUNY Prof. Denis Nash discusses past & current HIV treatment and cures and the circa 1980 attitudes of "It's A Sin" (BBC) versus the realities of Jared Frieder's 2022 film "Three Months"

    27 min
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Science Goes to the Movies hosted by Faith Salie, looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures. Written and Produced by Lisa Beth Kovetz.

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