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Monthly Archives: March 2013
An Island of Crazies
Dissociative Identity Disorder is a psychological disease where a person has two different distinct identities that can control their behavior and affect their personality. This disease can come about in three different ways. The way porteyed in this movie is that … Continue reading
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The End is Greatly Overdue
What would happen if Yellowstone erupted? Well, according to the show called “Forecasting the End,” it could essentially be the end of the world and life as we know it. The scientists on the show deem the volcano at Yellowstone … Continue reading
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Human Brain Project brings Doctor Who one step closer to reality
Series 7 of hit BBC science fiction serial Doctor Who continued on Saturday, March 30, with the airing of “The Bells of Saint John.” In this episode, the Doctor again runs into another incarnation of his mysterious new companion Clara … Continue reading
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Podcast #331 ctd. A Body Found
In the same podcast #331, at 50 minutes and 30 seconds, Joe Rogan starts to talk to Dr. Greer about a body that was found. It is about six inches in length. The body is actually pictured in the trailer … Continue reading
Contagion mostly accurate, though it exaggerates
Contagion, starring Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, and Gweneth Paltrow, centers around a pandemic virus causing people to violently die of seizures. The disease kills several in Hong Kong before the Centers for Disease Control and World … Continue reading
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The Joe Rogan Experience #331
http://ec.libsyn.com/p/e/b/c/ebc8cbca7490c4f7/p331.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01ce8334d7c955c886&c_id=5456958 While I was home over spring break my uncle tried to get me to listen to a podcast. Being in the car with him, I kind of had to listen. I had heard both my aunt and uncle talk … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, disclosure project, joe rogan, sirius, the fifth kind, the joe rogan experience
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Critical Thought Symposium a rare look behind the scenes
Thursday, March 21, was the date of the live scenario open to the public. The volcano located in Yellowstone National Park has shown increased activity. Does that mean an explosion? Will the explosion destroy half of the United States or … Continue reading
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Thinking Forward in The Day After Tomorrow
Rushing through climatic developments The issue of global warming, or climate change for the nervous folks, has been on the mind of the American public for decades now. Presentations depicting the gravity of the matter and attempting to incur a … Continue reading
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Paleoclimatology at its Finest
“The Day After Tomorrow” depicts a series of weather events that is caused by an abrupt climate change. The main character, Jack Hall, is a paleoclimatologist that uses evidence from the past ice age to predict what could cause another … Continue reading
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The Wizard of Hollywood
I recently wen and saw Oz the Greatand Powerful, and it got me thinking about the tornado. Both Oz from this movie and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz arrive in the land of Oz by travelling in a Tornado. … Continue reading
Argo Fudge Yourself
In the late seventies, six Americans were freed from the country of Iran through the fake production of a movie called Argo. With the help of Canadian Ambassador, Ken Taylor, and the hero, which is also the main character Tony … Continue reading
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Can we trust scientists?
I can’t help but love the TV show The Big Bang Theory. The dynamic characters, awkward situations, and nerd humor are right up my alley. The show revolves around the lives of four young scientists Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, and Howard, … Continue reading
Breaking Bad: Thermite a dynamite way to burglarize
The AMC television show Breaking Bad revolves around the story of Walt White, a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Concerned about the financial situation of his family, consisting of his pregnant writer wife Skyler and son … Continue reading
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A Valiant Cause Gone Wrong
In the movie, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, scientists face the age-old problem for old age folks: Alzheimer’s. They concoct a potential cure for the disease, a disease in which the afflicted progressively lose hold of their memories, … Continue reading
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A True Crisis
While it is, by genre, a science fiction movie, The Bay provides an accurate depiction of a real problem. The entire film is based upon the issue of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. In fact, the movie was produced in … Continue reading
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Breaking Bad breaks out meth tutorial
The AMC television show Breaking Bad revolves around the story of Walt White, a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Concerned about the financial situation of his family, consisting of his pregnant writer wife Skyler … Continue reading
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Re-writing Science in “The Core”
In this class so far, we have watched some questionable movies. Scientists have either not been utilized fully or not employed at all in the making of the films. The movie in which a lapse in scientific accuracy is most … Continue reading
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