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From Jurassic Park to dreams of AI doom, pop culture shapes science more than we like to admit

  • Written by Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, and Founder of Popsicule, ANU’s Science in Popular Culture and Entertainment Hub, Australian National University
From Jurassic Park to dreams of AI doom, pop culture shapes science more than we like to admitUniversal Pictures

The relationship between science and pop culture often looks like a one-way street: scientific discoveries inspire films, television and novels, particularly in science fiction. But the relationship really goes both ways, and extends beyond sci-fi.

Increasingly, pop culture shapes how science is imagined, discussed, and in some...

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