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Professor Clifford V. Johnson's work in science ranges from teaching and research into black holes, particle physics, string theory, and cosmology, to public outreach where he strives to put science back into the general culture. He helps artists, writers, and filmmakers incorporate science into their work, and appears on several TV and online shows. He has been a science advisor for many TV shows and movies, including Nat Geo's Genius (featuring Einstein), Marvel's Agent Carter, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame, and more. Johnson also recently wrote and illustrated a graphic novel featuring science called "The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe" (MIT Press), selected as one of Science Friday's Best books of the year - two years in succession! Here is a link to Clifford's blog: https://asymptotia.com/ Here is a link to his graphic novel: https://thedialoguesbook.com/
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Adam Frank is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Rochester as well as a popular science writer. He is the co-founder of NPR's 13.7 Cosmos and Culture Blog. He also does regular on-air commentaries for All Things... more
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Marnix Pauwels is a writer and coach based in Amsterdam. Here is Marnix in his own words: Yeah, I know the dark side. I did the booze and the drugs and the cigarettes. I suffered through years and years of depression, anxiety, self-pity,... more
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Sara MacSorley started her career as a super cool science major with a degree in marine biology. Working in science education and outreach led her to pursue a graduate degree in business, which led to a new role as the director of a... more
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Dr. Don Thomas is an astronaut, scientist, professional speaker, educator, and author of Orbit of Discovery about his STS-70 mission aboard space shuttle Discovery. A veteran of four flights, Don has spent 44 days in space and orbited... more
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Dr. James Crowe is Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center and the Ann Scott Carell Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt. His laboratory studies the human immune response to infection for a... more
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Mike P. Burton grew up in North Carolina and Delaware, listening to George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, and Steven Wright. He moved to New York after college with a Theatre Arts degree in hand. He did some off-off-off Broadway... more
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Ross MacPhee is a paleomammalogist on the curatorial staff of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where he has worked since 1988. He has conducted more than 50 expeditions in many parts of the world,... more
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Betsy West is the director/producer of RBG (Magnolia, Participant, CNN Films, 2018) along with Julie Cohen. She is a 21-time Emmy Award winner for her work as an ABC News producer and executive producer of the documentary series... more
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Peter Haas is the Associate Director of the Brown University Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative where he helps in research on AR, VR and MR interfaces for robots, MR shared mental models with robots, social robotics for the elderly,... more
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