Here at Cosmic Variance we love our teaching moments. Science is everywhere, and there's no need to be stuffy about it. One of the best ways to communicate the excitement that we feel about science to a much wider audience is to connect it to popular culture in all sorts of ways -- whether it's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, NUMB3RS, or Angels & Demons.
So it's great to see the producers of ABC's hit TV show LOST jump on the bandwagon. This fall they will be releasing the DVD collection of the fifth season, and the Blu-ray edition is going to feature a special treat: mini-"lessons" on various academic subjects related to the show. (The final season of the show begins early in 2010.) One of those subjects is time travel, and you have a pretty esteemed group of professors guiding you through this fascinating subject: Nick Warner of USC ...
