The transatlantic race to create the television

Charles Francis Jenkins and John Logie Baird both wowed public audiences with their new image-transmitting devices in 1925.

Donald McLean, Honorary Lecturer in Early Television, University of Glasgow • conversation
June 12, 2025 ~8 min

Animation technique simulates the motion of squishy objects

The approach could help animators to create realistic 3D characters or engineers to design elastic products.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
June 6, 2025 ~6 min


What shows like Grey’s Anatomy get wrong about nurses

A nursing professor can't help pointing out a few things that medical dramas tend to get wrong about her profession.

Jonathan King - NYU • futurity
Feb. 25, 2025 ~2 min

What ‘Abbott Elementary’ gets right about teaching and learning

Natalia Ortiz says there's a lot that Quinta Brunson's hit show "Abbott Elementary" gets right about teaching and learning.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Jan. 14, 2025 ~2 min

Severance: the real cognitive neuroscience behind the Apple TV+ show’s ‘severance procedure’

Real ‘split brain’ patients have existed since the 1940s.

Lauren Ford, PhD candidate in cognitive neuroscience, London South Bank University • conversation
Jan. 14, 2025 ~7 min

Strikes End, But When Will Hollywood Get Back to Normal?

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 10, 2023 ~4 min

Book: TV monsters prompt big questions as religion wanes

Ahead of Halloween, an expert explains the symbolism of some classic on-screen monsters and the theological questions they raise.

Jade McClain-NYU • futurity
Oct. 27, 2023 ~6 min

Ohio Museum Shows History of Television Technology

VOA Learning English • voa
July 14, 2023 ~6 min


Why 1968 still matters

Professor Heather Hendershot’s new book about that year’s Democratic National Convention explores how anger at the media became part of our culture wars.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 2, 2023 ~10 min

Findings refute ’13 Reasons Why’ suicide effect

Seasonal changes in adolescent suicide explain the controversial "13 Reasons Why" findings of past studies.

Michael Rozansky-Penn • futurity
Dec. 22, 2022 ~9 min

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