July 17, 2016
The energetic researchers who grounded the new “Ghostbusters” in hard science — giving it “geek cred” — are using a flurry of media attention to alter public perceptions.
Janet Conrad and Lindley Winslow, colleagues in the MIT Department of Physics and researchers in MIT's Lab for Nuclear Science, were key consultants for the all-female reboot of the classic 1984 supernatural comedy that is opening in theaters today. And the creative side of the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — will be on full display.
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