Annihilation

Annihilation is our first movie!In this episode, we talk about the queen that is Natalie Portman, exploding aliens, mesmerising synth music and our love for a movie monster! Freda coins the term 'sexy-science pillow talk' while Abi has a PPE concern in her WTF moment. But did we really get the refracting concept? Were our concerns about female science representation real or did our biases get in the way?It's a trick of the light!Some articles for reference:https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/annihilation-stranger-than-fiction/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/annihilation-science-explained-adam-rutherford-alex-garland-1201934047/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-science-consultant-of-annihilation-reimagined-dnahttps://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/06/03/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-science-adviser-on-a-sci-fi-movie/#7f6e56716524 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Do you like science? Do you like movies? Well, have we got a combo for you! Every two weeks join us, real life physicists Freda and Abi, while we break down the science behind some of the best and worst movie plots out there. We also get real about the depiction of scientists and their working environment in movies and lay it all on the table with our WTF moments. We're not about debunking, we're here to show our appreciation to the art of movie magic but reserve the right to laugh and shout as well as applaud where deserved! Here comes the science... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.