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Science Corner: The Force of Cuteness

December 11, 2019 by Andy Walsh No Comments

Still of Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian

But why do human babies look like that in the first place? Partly it has to do with the constraints of development and childbirth. But it may also have something to do with the domestication of humans.

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Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: biological evolution, cooperation, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, science, science corner, star wars

Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking The Phantom Menace with Mike Beidler (Pt 2)

September 25, 2019 by Andy Walsh No Comments

Photo of Star Wars comics display

I continue my conversation with Mike Beidler about Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as we chat about continuity, canon, and capitalism.

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Sci-Fi Film Fest: Talking The Phantom Menace with Mike Beidler (Pt 1)

September 18, 2019 by Andy Walsh No Comments

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan dueling Darth Maul

Welcome to the first Emerging Scholars Network Sci-Fi Film Festival! I’ll be having a conversation here on the blog on various classic and current science fiction movies. Feel free to watch along and join the conversation. This week’s film is 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

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Science in Review: A Droid in Every Garage

June 6, 2018 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Droid L3-37 from Solo: A Star Wars Story

What it does with ships, Solo also does for droids, taking a ubiquitous feature of the setting and giving them their day in the twin suns.

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Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: film, free will, movies, Robots, science, science in review, star wars

Science in Review: Just Gotta Get Right Outta Here

May 30, 2018 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

Photo of Han Solo and Chewbacca in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon from Solo: A Star Wars Story

For Han Solo, spaceships mean the freedom to go anywhere but here.

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