Blog

  • x Common Descent Pod

    x Common Descent Pod

    One of my long-time favourite palaeo podcasts, Common Descent, is running a series featuring various other science communicators. I was excited and grateful to have an opportunity to jump on their pod and chat about Fossils and Fiction as well as my thoughts on science communication and the links between the humanities and sciences, among…


  • How ‘Jurassic Park’ changed film-making and our view of dinosaurs

    How ‘Jurassic Park’ changed film-making and our view of dinosaurs

    Spielberg’s Jurassic Park ushered in a new era of filmmaking and changed our view of dinosaurs. How does it hold up after 30 years?


  • Toss aside those high heels: how Jurassic World’s Claire Dearing lights a path for women in action films

    Toss aside those high heels: how Jurassic World’s Claire Dearing lights a path for women in action films

    Travis Holland, Charles Sturt University and Lisa Watt, Charles Sturt University The Jurassic Park and Jurassic World series of films have long featured iconic female characters. Laura Dern’s Dr Ellie Sattler from the 1993 original has been lauded as “a female heroine unlike any other”. Julianne Moore’s Dr Sarah Harding from 1997’s The Lost World…