The Fly

It's Halloween and we're bringing you some extra scares with David Cronenberg's The Fly.Guess who's back? Schrodinger's cat—as well as Jeff Goldblum, who's more fly than ever (sorry). Freda tries her hardest to convince us that teleportation is NOT cloning, Abi ponders the stupidity of arms wrestling, and somewhere there's a black nylon in a tangled mess.But can ants do amazing gymnastics?_______________________________Some things you might find interesting:The Fly Science:https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-the-fly-cinema-science-20171019-story.htmlQuantum Teleportation:https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/physics/teleportation-is-here-but-its-not-what-we-expected/How to Teleport Schrödinger's Cathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQK1WDYI_kThe No Cloning Theoremhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owPC60Ue0BE&t=158sOriginal Quantum Teleportation paperhttps://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1895CRISPR Ted Talk by Jennifer Doudna (Nobel Laureate 2020!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdBAHexVYzc&t=162sCRISPR readinghttp://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2014/crispr-a-game-changing-genetic-engineering-technique/https://theconversation.com/what-is-crispr-gene-editing-and-how-does-it-work-84591 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.