How accurate is the science in Project Hail Mary?

The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s ...

Project Hail Mary is packed with hard science. An astrophysicist breaks it down

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a ...

‘Project Hail Mary’ author Andy Weir talks Ryan Gosling, making science entertaining

We took Andy Weir to a science museum and watched him nerd out with an astrophysicist and about making "Project Hail Mary" ...

What we’ve learned from citizen science: 5 projects that made a difference

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are ...

‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Is Keeping the Science in Science Fiction

Ahead of the film adaptation’s release, Weir talked to Popular Mechanics about creating accurate sci-fi tech, protagonist ...

‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Is a Blockbuster Machine. But He Only Cares About the Science

The bestselling writer and self-described “dork” explains how he crafts upbeat space-set thrillers from dire scenarios only ...
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Teenager builds nuclear reactor for school project, achieves plasma

CAMBRIDGE, England (WKRC) - A 17 year old's science project turned heads and broke records when he built a nuclear reactor that achieved plasma. Cesare Mencarini, 17, chose to do an ambitious science ...