John E Moores

We'll be back with a whole new season in 2026! In the meantime, why not respond to this message and tell us which of your favorite films and TV shows we should review next? Until then, you can catch up on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL... and Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

The booth is set up!

Join me and Jesse at Word on the Street toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca today from 11-6 and tomorrow 10-5 in David Pecaut Square in downtown Toronto! We’ll have copies of Daydreaming, art from the book, stickers and other merch. Come and say hi!

Another Summer at PVL! Ahh, summertime! You'd be surprised by the number of people who think us academics just get four months of vacation. Instead, it's the busi...

This week on the PVL blog, undergrad Ella talks about her second summer in research: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/09/anot... Kudos to her for a banner term in which she published her first paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... and had her first media interview!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ4k...

Don't forget that you can catch Deep Impact (Ep 11) and all of our other episodes over on Apple Podcasts and Spotify too!

In two weeks we will be back with our Season 1 Finale. We wanted to do something special so we reached back to the 1960s for a classic, reviewing it only 24 years too late

Deep Impact Cities fall, but they are rebuilt. And heroes die, but they are remembered. We honor them with every podcast we record. Our planet, our home.

This week on Popcorn Science, we go back to the summer of the killer asteroids. In 1998, both “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” hit the big screens. We cover the lesser known (but better) movie as we discuss comets, impacts, and Elijah Wood’s obsession with rings. popcornscience.ca/deep-impact/...

I do think it's highly unlikely that the film will be lost in time, like tears in rain

If you're looking for more EJO after listening to us this week on Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... or Spotify open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL... , don't fret! Next time on PSP we'll review a film that features Olmos' early career as an origami-enthusiast detective in dystopian 2019 Los Angeles

Battlestar Galactica John and Catherine hear nothing but the rain while discussing the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries. So grab your gun and bring the cat in.

This week on Popcorn Science, John and I discuss the 2003 Battlestar Galactica Miniseries. Could Cylons really kill everyone with nuclear bombs alone? What kind of crazy solar system do the colonists live in? Grab your gun and bring this podcast in! popcornscience.ca/battlestar-g...

Warnica apologizes to the Canadian Space Agency for having a Mars rover bumper sticker, but I work with plenty of great Canadians on MSL, like @conorwhayes.bsky.social @transmartian.bsky.social @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social who manage the cloud observations @martianclouds.bsky.social.

A Martian analog for spatially varying methane microseepage - polygons at expedition strip, Axel Heiberg Island Methane measurements on Mars suggest that there are two main sources of methane into the atmosphere, point sources and microseepage contributing to ba…

PhD Student Elisa Dong examined the spatial variability of methane microseepage in the Canadian Arctic and found that you can detect changes as small as 3.5 ppbv over 10 m of travel with a simple laser gas detector (ABB ICOS). This will come in handy on Mars! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Don't forget you can check out this episode (and all the others) over on Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... and on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL...

May the force be with you until next time when @planetneish.bsky.social and I discuss the '03 re-imagining of a '78 TV classic

Popcorn Science Podcast Podcast · John E. Moores & Catherine Neish · Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.

Popcorn Science is now on Spotify! You can find our first seven installments here: open.spotify.com/show/3TARKhL...
There's lots more scientific analysis of your favorite films and TV shows coming your way in the weeks ahead from @planetneish.bsky.social and I.

Take a listen and let us know: did we nail it? Or did our bolt of inspiration go astray on this one? As always, you can find us over on Apple Podcasts as well! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

Popcorn Science Podcast Astronomy Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.

Take a listen and let us know: did we nail it? Or did our bolt of inspiration go astray on this one? As always, you can find us over on Apple Podcasts as well! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

An image of a martian landscape, handcoloured on twelve sheets of paper. The colours range from pink (representing the brightest areas) to black (representing the darkest areas). The landscape is mostly blue and purple, representing a mostly flat area with some large buttes to the right side. At the bottom right corner, the back of the Curiosity rover can be seen. All twelve sheets of paper are taped together, then taped onto a white cinderblock wall. The colouring styles of each sheet are different, as they were all done by different people. Some are a series of horizontal lines, some are scribbled in, and some are fully coloured in.

Sometimes a group meeting can be seven grad students, three undergrads, a postdoc, and their advisor all working on Mariner 4 inspired art. (Original image: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...)

Two images of Mars side by side. At left curiosity’s postcard of Market Band Valley (PIA25912). At right, the PVL’s 8-bit hand coloured recreation.

This summer marks 60 years since the first detailed image was sent back from another planet (Mariner 4). The scientists on Earth were so keen to see it that they hand coloured the telemetry. In their honour, today @conorwhayes.bsky.social led our group to do the same with a more recent mars pic!

Athletics + Academics = A Balanced Life A challenge for many of us who do science professionally is knowing when to take a break. The engrossing feeling of diving into an all consu...

Summer is a time to recharge. Freed of distractions, it can be the perfect opportunity to dive into an exciting scientific problem! But it can be hard to remember to come up for air. This week's blog, MSc student Isabelle Marincic writes about finding balance: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/07/athl...

Ella Ordinaria, a 3rd year biochemistry student working in my lab, just published her first paper over at the Research Notes of the AAS. How many terrestrial microbes are likely to survive Europa Clipper's journey to Jupiter? To find out, read: doi.org/10.3847/2515... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social

This week, John and I take a deep dive into the most pretentious film about exoplanets I have ever seen. But with an advisor like @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social, there’s lots of good science to admire.

Popcorn Science Podcast Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.

Last week, @planetneish.bsky.social and I had some critical words about the science in "The Core" so we thought it only fair to examine 2018's "Clara," a film where I served as the science advisor. Here, I have no one to blame but myself for the science gripes! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Swapping Mars for Exoplanets: My Time at Harvard University Providing graduate students with a range of experiences is a key part of helping them figure out what they want to do and where they want to...

As a prof, it's wonderful when you can help to create moments of inspiration for your students! On this week's PVL Blog, PhD student Grace Bischof talks about deepening her fascination with exoplanets and their atmospheres during a recent internship at Harvard: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/07/swap...

Popcorn Science Podcast Astronomy Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.

What would the Mirror Universe version of Carl Sagan be like? Do you know that classic science demo featuring a peach, hairspray and a lighter? These are questions only one movie has ever thought to ask. Hear our reaction to 2003's The Core on Apple Podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

#DaydreamingInTheSolarSystem by @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social and Jesse Rogerson spotted in the wild at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.

Tribbles The gang tackles the least appreciated furry fandom

In this week’s episode of Popcorn Science, Catherine and John live long and prosper as they discuss their love of Star Trek, and marvel at how both Spock and Jadzia Dax can calculate exponential growth in their heads. 🖖🏻 @arcticsaxifrage.bsky.social popcornscience.ca/tribbles/ind...

A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Contamination - Astrobiology Previous models of microbial survival on the moon do not directly consider the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs).

A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Contamination
astrobiology.com/2025/06/a-mi... #Astrobiology #Moon #Artemis #extremophiles

Unravelling Martian Methane Mysteries in the Canadian Arctic An image of our ABB methane detector deployed on Axel-Heiberg Island in Nunavut. Alex's work here showed that the variability in a measured ...

New research from @transmartian.bsky.social hot off the presses! Using measurements of methane in the Canadian Arctic, Alex showed that variability in methane concentration is a better predictor than absolute concentration of how far away you are from a source: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/06/unra...

Poster Sessions and All That An image (Figure 1, courtesy of Elisa) of one of the many buildings which housed the 2024 American Geophysical Union Conference in December ...

This week over on the PVL blog, Elisa reflects on her experience at the AGU meeting last December with over 20,000 of our closest friends and colleagues. Read all about it here: york-pvl.blogspot.com/2025/06/post...

Popcorn Science Podcast Astronomy Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.

This week on Popcorn Science, @planetneish.bsky.social and I take a look at a beloved classic: Contact. How does this Carl Sagan-advised description of first contact with aliens hold up more than a quarter century later? If you're "ok to go," take a listen over at: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

New episode just dropped! Listen as John and I try to figure out if we need to fear human sized insects, and whether a creator’s personal views should influence how you engage with their media.