Angels and Demons physics science behind Large Haldron Collider Cern Fermilab Lederman

On the road giving talks this spring and in several forthcoming articles, I recommend that one way to widen the net in terms of public engagement is to hook science around entertainment media. A leading initiative I spotlight is the National Academies' Science & Entertainment Exchange which pairs scientists with TV and film producers. A recent success was the incidental news coverage generated by scientific consultation on the movie-version of The Watchmen. This week comes another great strategy for "going broad" with science communication. As the NSF spotlights, more than 45 lectures are…