What shapes science more than we like to admit?
From 🦖 Jurassic Park to 🤖 visions of AI doom, pop culture doesn’t just reflect science – it helps shape it. The stories we tell influence how we imagine scientific and technological futures, what we fear, and even what we choose to research. We often assume a one-way relationship (science → culture). But it’s more of a feedback loop: culture feeds back into science, shaping public debates, policy conversations, and scientific agendas.

In our latest article for The Conversation Australia + NZ — co-authored with Shao-Jie Jhou — we explore this dynamic, and why it matters:
https://theconversation.com/from-jurassic-park-to-dreams-of-ai-doom-pop-culture-shapes-science-more-than-we-like-to-admit-279245