{"674568":{"#nid":"674568","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Science of\u00a0\u20183 Body Problem\u2019: What\u2019s Fact and What\u2019s Fiction?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDespite being chock-full of hardcore science, \u003Cem\u003E3 Body Problem\u003C\/em\u003E, a television series released on 21 March by the streaming service Netflix, has been a hit with audiences. The story follows five young scientists who studied together at the University of Oxford, UK, as they grapple with mysterious deaths, particle-physics gone awry, and aliens called the San-Ti who have their sights set on Earth. But how much of the science in the sci-fi epic reflects reality, and how much is wishful thinking? To find out, \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E spoke to three real-world scientists, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/younan-xia\u0022\u003EYounan Xia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDespite being chock-full of hardcore science, \u003Cem\u003E3 Body Problem\u003C\/em\u003E, a television series released on 21 March by the streaming service Netflix, has been a hit with audiences. The story follows five young scientists who studied together at the University of Oxford, UK, as they grapple with mysterious deaths, particle-physics gone awry, and aliens called the San-Ti who have their sights set on Earth. But how much of the science in the sci-fi epic reflects reality, and how much is wishful thinking? To find out, \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E spoke to three real-world scientists, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/younan-xia\u0022\u003EYounan Xia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-05-07 16:52:37","changed_gmt":"2024-05-09 14:09:51","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Scientific American","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-science-of-3-body-problem-whats-fact-and-whats-fiction\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"193703","name":"3 Body Problem"},{"id":"167576","name":"sci-fi"},{"id":"193704","name":"TV show"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}