Posts in the ‘News’ Category
Mexico has a long-standing tradition of observing the cosmos. The Aztec deciphered the position of the stars to develop the Aztec calendar. For the Aztec, stargazing was more than just a hobby—the Aztec calendar was used to the dates of the equinox, the solstice and the lunar phases. These dates were important because the agricultural [...]
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ISF is excited to receive the Maker Faire Editor’s Choice Ribbon for the ImagineScope, which was designed by Luis Violante, a graduate student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU. The award is given to projects that “demonstrate great creativity, ingenuity and innovation.” ISF unveiled the ImagineScope last fall at the Maker Faire in [...]
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Imagine a garbage man in space! Since the issue of space junk has been brought to light recently, cosmic garbage collection will be seen as a necessity in the near future if we are to explore space and continue using satellite communication. Fortunately, a solution is within reach, and it won’t require launching garbage men [...]
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Ever since Einstein published his theory of relativity in 1916, the idea of time travel has been accepted as hypothetically possible. The theory became a muse for the arts and sciences. From scientists we got black holes and wormholes, and the artists became better equipped to add to a theme that dates back to ancient [...]
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Imagine getting smashed at a frat party to get rid of a stomach bug. While some people swear that a shot of whisky will ward away a sore throat or a minor infection, it turns out that for fruit flies getting drunk is a matter of life or death. Death for fruit flies comes in [...]
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University College Dublin & The National Film School, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design & Technology (IADT) have developed a collaborative competition to create films about science in Ireland. The teams will be encouraged to create films that will have a strong visual dynamic, perhaps challenging cinematic boundaries and conventions. Stories will be imaginative, provocative, [...]
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car•bon [kahr-buhn] (noun): A widely distributed element that is the physical basis of all living organisms. Carbon atoms are able to link with each other and with other atoms to form infinite varietes of chains and rings. Carbon occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. CARBON [...]
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Imagine snail mail and landlines being primary forms of communication! Not too hard to imagine because that was soooo fifteen years ago you might think. But Space Junk 3D, a new Imax 3-D movie that debuted on January 13 elucidates that though these forms of communication might be soooooo fifteen years from now. The movie highlights the [...]
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On January 24th, the documentary film Searching for the First European (in Spanish with English subtitles) will be opening the new Culture & Science Series at the Cervantes Institute in Manhattan. ISF’s Producer Luis Quevedo is curating this series of events that will blend equal parts of narrative and science into a dialogue between two [...]
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Al Attara, in front of the the Metropolitan Exchange building on Flatbush Avenue, which he has owned for 32 years. Photo by Benjamin Norman for The New York Times The Imagine Science Films offices have relocated downtown to 33 Flatbush Avenue. The building, which from the outside is a staid and formal reminder of Brooklyn’s [...]
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