Tick-tock
Mar 08, 2021
There is no way to force a pendulum to oscillate at a different rhythm, determined exclusively by its length
Etiqueta: cinema
«The Matrix» and thermodynamics
Mar 08, 2021
If we were to use electrodes to extract energy from ourselves, we would collapse because we would have nothing left to keep our hearts beating.
Passport to Pimlico: food safety and security
Dec 14, 2020
Thanks to food safety, diseases such as typhus and cholera have virtually disappeared.
Fear and virus
Jul 27, 2020
An epidemic like the one we have unfortunately experienced can bring out people's worst fears. Cinema and literature have successfully used fear to write scripts in which an epidemic is the heart of the story or the underlying excuse.
Alice in Hallucinationland
Mar 06, 2020
Alice goes on a journey during which peculiar characters tell her what to eat or drink. Then, strange things happen. Doesn't all this seem like a drug-induced psychedelic journey?
Nurses in film
Mar 01, 2018
The way cinema has represented nurses has varied over time: from the clothing itself to the relationships with patients and other health personnel.
Astronomy and space on the big screen
Dec 12, 2016
The existence of habitable extra solar planets, is nothing new in science fiction cinema. Perhaps more interesting is the existence of unusual planets, such as the planet Tatooine from Star Wars (1977), by George Lucas, that orbits a binary star system.
Deciphering ‘The Imitation Game’
Sep 08, 2015
The Weinstein Company / Black Bear Pictures / Ampersand Pictures The Imitation Game did not go unnoticed when it premiered in Spain in early 2015. The film chronicles the life of Alan Turing, played by actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and was directed by Morten Tyldum. This biopic,
Scientific ethos and the cinematic zombie outbreak
Jul 22, 2015
This article examines the figure of the scientist in such fictional narratives and what these characterizations indicate about public attitudes toward science in our contemporary world.
«Interstellar»: Science and License
Dec 01, 2014
Warner Bross «Cinema and Science are not incompatible worlds». This was the title of Manuel Moreno Lupiañez's article included in Mètode's monograph «Science Frames», which dealt with the relationship between science and cinema. The frequent slip-ups, ever present in
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