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Scientists review scenes from movies and television and rate how realistic they are. Keren Elazari, an internationally recognized security analyst and researcher, analyzes 12 hacking scenes from shows and movies such as "Mr. Robot," "Skyfall," "Hackers," "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), "The Matrix Reloaded," and "Silicon Valley." Cosmologist and astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter discusses the science behind movies and TV shows set in space. He dissects string theory in "3 Body Problem," the portrayal of black holes in "Interstellar," and Mars survival in "The Martian," starring Matt Damon. Nuclear-weapons physicist Greg Spriggs rates nuclear-explosion scenes in movies. He analyzes the portrayal of nuclear detonations and their effects in "Dr. Strangelove," Marvel’s "The Avengers," "Armageddon," and "Oppenheimer," starring Cillian Murphy. Former NASA roboticist Ayanna Howard discusses the accuracy of robotics scenes from "Iron Man," "Spider-Man 2," "Transformers," and "Termin...

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