Drive In movies are few and far between, but the summer blockbuster lives on. In this newsletter, check out our selection of summer citizen science projects paired with the films you’ll want to watch alongside them.
For the aptly named Eat Popcorn for Science project, you'll eat popcorn and watch a movie while contributing to important medical research (Credit: yousafbhutta via Pixabay)
yousafbhutta via Pixabay
You can contribute to scientific research by inviting your friends, or science-curious pet, to watch a movie and eat popcorn! The Eat Popcorn For Science project investigates the importance of the omentum, a poorly-understood tissue that is sometimes removed during ovarian cancer surgery. By eating popcorn and taking a series of non-invasive measurements, you’ll provide baseline data critical to this research. This project is for women only. It pairs perfectly with The Fault In Our Stars (2019), Terms of Endearment (1983), Beaches (1988), and The ...