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Death by Physics

Discover how Hollywood loves science, especially in tonight's episode of Bones featuring a physics-inspired murder technique.

Written bySean Carroll
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I'm not supposed to give away too much here. But recall that Hollywood loves science, and occasionally we can help them out with an interesting idea or two. So it's possible that if you were to watch tonight's episode of Bones (8 p.m., 7 Central, on Fox), our plucky heroes Booth and Brennan could be investigating a murder that makes clever use of expertise in physics. It's even possible that the murder technique was dreamed up in part by one of our previous guest-bloggers, which might very well be reflected in the name of the research institute where the dastardly deed takes place.

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