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Cassidy Ward

Cassidy Ward is a writer covering science and pop culture and author of science fiction and horror. You can find him on Twitter and Patreon.

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Tag: Movies
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: Bio-Dome
Bio-Dome was a stoner movie flop, but Biosphere 2 was a real experiment
Cassidy Ward
Bio-Dome
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Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: Bio-Dome
Tag: Movies
Tag: Johnny Mnemonic
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Can technology make you sick, like 'NAS' does in Johnny Mnemonic?
Cassidy Ward
Johnny Mnemonic
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Tag: Johnny Mnemonic
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: Movies
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: The Midnight Sky
The Midnight Sky's apocalyptic disaster has us wondering: What cosmic threats are out there?
Cassidy Ward
The Midnight Sky
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Tag: The Midnight Sky
Tag: Science
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Tag: the stand
Why are some people immune to to the pandemic in The Stand or even real-life diseases?
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Tag: Science
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: the stand
Tag: Movies
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: tron: legacy
Biodigital jazz, man! Tron: Legacy's ISOs are kind of like real-life biological algorithms
Cassidy Ward
Dec 16, 2020
TRON Legacy
Tag: Movies
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: tron: legacy
Tag: Science
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: The Mandalorian
Would you need the Mandalorian's beskar armor to protect yourself from laser weapons?
Cassidy Ward
Dec 9, 2020
Beskar The Mandalorian
Tag: Science
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: The Mandalorian
Tag: Movies
Tag: Superintelligence
Tag: HBO Max
Is 'Superintelligence' just another HBO Max rom-com or a dark harbinger of evil AI?
Cassidy Ward
Dec 2, 2020
superintelligence
Tag: Movies
Tag: Superintelligence
Tag: HBO Max
Tag: Movies
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: Tangled
Is Rapunzel's hair just fairy-tale magic, or could hair really grow that long and strong?
Cassidy Ward
Nov 25, 2020
Tangled
Tag: Movies
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: Tangled
Tag: Science
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: The Astronauts
If a spacecraft launched accidentally, what could we do to abort the mission?
Cassidy Ward
Nov 19, 2020
spacelaunch
Tag: Science
Tag: Science Behind the Fiction
Tag: The Astronauts
Tag: Science
Tag: Apophis
Tag: asteroids
The asteroid Apophis isn't likely to hit Earth. But if it did, what could we do?
Cassidy Ward
Nov 13, 2020
Apophis
Tag: Science
Tag: Apophis
Tag: asteroids