{"id":24654,"date":"2014-07-13T05:20:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T12:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/?p=24654"},"modified":"2020-02-14T17:46:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T01:46:42","slug":"evo-expo-2014-where-science-meets-science-fiction-making-science-fun-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/?p=24654","title":{"rendered":"Evo Expo: Where Science Meets Science Fiction, Making Science Fun for All!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Evolution Expo 2014 Banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/evolutionexpo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9358\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Evolution-Expo-2014-Banner-640.jpg\" alt=\"Evolution Expo 2014 Banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" width=\"640\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Hello my fellow conventioneers! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I am excited to write this post. I had the pleasure of attending the first ever <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Evolution Expo 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/evolutionexpo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evolution Expo<\/a> (June 27th &#8211; June 29th) in Oakland, California. It was a meeting of the minds, science meets science fiction. It was a fantastic time, learned a lot and had the pleasure of seeing some very cool scientists and some fabulous stars of sci-fi shows that we know and love.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">With real scientists on hand to give lectures on a bevy of interesting topics from <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Commander Wendy B. Lawrence\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wendy_B._Lawrence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commander Wendy Lawrence<\/a> lecturing about space travel and traveling to <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Mars\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mars<\/a> to the effects space travel has on the human body.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Learn about Commander Wendy Lawrence at NASA!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jsc.nasa.gov\/Bios\/htmlbios\/lawrence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9400\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC00015-Wendy-Lawrence-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Learn about Commander Wendy Lawrence at NASA!\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-FIMvSp01C8?&amp;autoplay=1&amp;rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Wendy Lawrence and Joe Edwards at Evolution Expo 2014 Charity Gala - Image courtesy Kenn of WormholeRiders News Agency\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24656\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1000759-Wendy-Lawrence-and-Joe-Edwards-at-Evolution-Expo-2014-Charity-Gala-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy Lawrence and Joe Edwards at Evolution Expo 2014 Charity Gala - Image courtesy Kenn of WormholeRiders News Agency\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1000759-Wendy-Lawrence-and-Joe-Edwards-at-Evolution-Expo-2014-Charity-Gala-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1000759-Wendy-Lawrence-and-Joe-Edwards-at-Evolution-Expo-2014-Charity-Gala-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1000759-Wendy-Lawrence-and-Joe-Edwards-at-Evolution-Expo-2014-Charity-Gala.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>I enjoyed the pleasure of sitting in on the lecture by the famed <a title=\"C;ick to learn more about NASA at their official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA<\/a> Commander Lawrence (pictured above left with Joe Edwards from the Charity Gala I was unable to attend).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The science workshop was definitely fascinating and I have a huge respect for the demands (physical, psychological and physiological) space travel has. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Commander Lawrence talked about the <a title=\"Click here to learn more about radiation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radiation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">radiation<\/a> levels a normal human endures and the levels that an <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Astronauts\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astronaut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Astronaut<\/a> endures. The numbers are staggering, what they won\u2019t don in the name of science.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9387 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Chabot-Science-Space-Center-EvoExpo-2014-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Chabot Science &amp; Space Center-EvoExpo 2014\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" \/><br \/>\nI must admit that when I was in grade school and high school, I liked science a lot, although I never thought I had the significant brain power to become a scientist. I am happy that this kind of convention exists, not only for the geeks, but for those who are on their way to becoming full-fledged geeks. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It was nice to see the <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Chabot Space &amp; Science Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chabotspace.org\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chabot Space and Science Center<\/a> booth that had some cool gadgets for the kids to play with. It is such an important part of education, especially for young girls and teens. We should always encourage them to reach for the stars\u2026literally. Yes, science is predominantly a male dominated world, but it is slowly becoming more equal. With astronauts like the late <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Sally Ride\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sally_Ride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sally Ride<\/a> and Commander Wendy Lawrence, instead of dreaming about castles and prince charming, they can dream about galaxies far, far away and how to get there.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/noz4a2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9388 \" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/John-Rhys-Davies-EvoExpo2014-320x174.jpg\" alt=\"John Rhys-Davies-EvoExpo2014\" width=\"322\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>One of the other great highlights was the chance to meet and hear panels with some of the most well-known actors from sci-fi on the big screen and small screen. Among the elite talent was<a title=\"Click here to learn more about John Rhys-Davies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0722636\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> John Rhys-Davies<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120737\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lord of the Rings<\/a>), <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Amanda Tapping\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0850102\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amanda Tapping<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Stargate SG-1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118480\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stargate SG-1<\/a>, <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Sanctuary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1302522\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanctuary<\/a>, etc.), <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Jason Momoa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0597388\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Momoa<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Game of Thrones\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0944947\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Game of Thrones<\/a>, <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Conan the Barbarian\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0816462\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conan The Barbarian<\/a>, <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Stargate: Atlantis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0374455\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stargate: Atlantis<\/a>), <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Mayim Bialik\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0080524\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mayim Bialik<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about The Big Bang Theory\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0898266\/?ref_=nm_knf_i2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Bang Theory<\/a>), <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Ty Olsson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0648153\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ty Olsson<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Supernatural\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0460681\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supernatural<\/a>), <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Tom Skerritt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000643\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Skerritt<\/a> &amp; <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Veronica Cartwright\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001021\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veronica Cartwright<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Alien\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078748\/?ref_=nv_sr_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alien<\/a>) and <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Time Russ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0750913\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Russ<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Star Trek: Voyager\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0112178\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Trek: Voyager<\/a>)\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It is always fun to listen to the actors <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9389\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Jason-Momoa-EvoExpo-2014-320x174.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Momoa-EvoExpo 2014\" width=\"320\" height=\"174\" \/>regale their tales of their own sci-fi adventures. It was a great time, because it was done in a great intimate setting where the actors and attendees had the chance to interact. One of the really inspiring things I saw during my time in attendance is \u201c<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Sanctuary for Kids\" href=\"http:\/\/sanctuaryforkids.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanctuary for Kids<\/a>\u201d Amanda Tapping\u2019s charity that she established to \u201cset out to form a charitable organization that helped children in crisis around the world.\u201d Such an immense cause for the children around the world, it gives them hope and a voice. I strongly encourage you to take a look at their website and donate, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/noz4a2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9390\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sanctuary-for-Kids-EvoExpo-2014-180x240.jpg\" alt=\"Sanctuary for Kids-EvoExpo 2014\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>you won\u2019t be sorry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nBeing a first year convention, it was nice to see some folks dressed in <a title=\"Click here to learn more about cosplay\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cosplay<\/a>, any excuse to dress up, I guess. It is always fun to know that even at smaller conventions, cosplay is alive and well and thriving. I, myself don\u2019t dress up, but I always like seeing all the amazing costumes and the attention to details and the fun that everyone has.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/noz4a2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9391\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Cosplay-EvoExpo-2014-320x174.jpg\" alt=\"Cosplay-EvoExpo 2014\" width=\"320\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nTo quote one of the most iconic sci-fi shows in history (presumably the one that started it all)<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Star Trek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060028\/?ref_=nv_sr_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Star Trek<\/a>, \u201cSpace, the final frontier\u2026to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before\u201d is the very essence of what this great convention is trying to achieve. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">To give hope to current and future generations that they can make a difference, that they can become a scientist and possibly find those new worlds, travel to Mars, come up with ways to grow plants in space and other amazing science driven discoveries in the future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Well, my fellow scientists, it was a pleasure reporting on this great convention that I hope will be around for many years to come. I hope you are inspired, encouraged, curious and most important hungry for the future of science and the world. Until next year\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/twitter.com\/\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7396\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WormholeRiders-New-Logo-150TS-Dark.png\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I hope you enjoyed my Evolution Expo report from the Oakland Marriott City Center? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Thank you for visiting <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wormholeriders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WormholeRiders News Agency<\/a>. And thanks to <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WR_Systems (Kenn) on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WR_Systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenn<\/a> for video embedding and additional images for my report. I will be back in the future with more on my next adventure, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/cci\/\">San Diego Comic-Con 2014<\/a>, starting in a little over a week on July 24, 2014!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Please feel free to leave a comment here or If you prefer, you may also click the social media icons below to share this news article or as many of our readers and visitors often do, visit the <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders on Facebook!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHR on Facebook<\/a> or <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori Glumac) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/noz4a2\">me on Twitter<\/a> by clicking the links or images avatars in this news story. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See You on The Other Side<\/a>! <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Noz4a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-200\" title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/fringe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Noz4a2-Orange_Cheeky_monkey-192x192.gif\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Until next time, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Regards, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noz4a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Lori<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello my fellow conventioneers! I am excited to write this post. I had the pleasure of attending the first ever Evolution Expo (June 27th &#8211; June 29th) in Oakland, California. It was a meeting of the minds, science meets science fiction. It was a fantastic time, learned a lot and had the pleasure of seeing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/?p=24654\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Evo Expo: Where Science Meets Science Fiction, Making Science Fun for All!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":24656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,355,288,346,306,357,353,352,368,350,369,354,389,362,373,374,375,320,307,358,390,106,387,109,386,360,384,361,356,351],"tags":[65,434,421,430,423,436,363,364,432,365,366,367,441,431,442,370,433,371,447,372,440,443,444,445,376,281,377,378,379,437,448,380,381,382,105,408,383,438,446,439,435],"class_list":["post-24654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alien-studio-series","category-amanda-tapping","category-astronomy","category-astrophotography","category-astrophysics","category-bettzedek","category-celeste-yarnall","category-chabot-space-and-science-center","category-dustin-brown","category-evolution-expo-2014","category-game-of-thrones","category-jason-momoa","category-joe-edwards","category-john-rhys-davies","category-julie-caitlin-brown","category-kevin-sorbo","category-lord-of-the-rings","category-nasa-creators","category-nasa-facilities","category-sanctuary-for-kids","category-science-fiction-entertainment","category-star-trek-franchise-news","category-star-trek-voyager","category-stargate-franchise-news","category-stargate-sg-1","category-tim-russ","category-tom-skerritt","category-ty-olsson","category-veronica-cartwright","category-wendy-lawrence","tag-alien","tag-amanda-tapping","tag-astronomy","tag-astrophotography","tag-astrophysics","tag-bettzedek","tag-celeste-yarnall-phd","tag-chabot-space-science-center","tag-chabot-space-and-science-center","tag-commander-wendy-lawrence","tag-dr-chris-mckay","tag-dr-pascal-lee","tag-dustin-brown","tag-evolution-expo-2014","tag-game-of-thrones","tag-garrett-wang","tag-jason-momoa","tag-jefferson-starship","tag-joe-edwards","tag-john-jaquish-phd","tag-john-rhys-davies","tag-julie-caitlin-brown","tag-kevin-sorbo","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-mayim-bialik","tag-nasa","tag-oakland-marriott-city-center","tag-roddenberry","tag-sally-ride","tag-sanctuary-for-kids","tag-science-fiction-entertainment","tag-shuttle-astronauts-joe-edwards-and-wendy-lawrence","tag-sienna-morris","tag-spocks-beard","tag-star-trek","tag-stargate-franchise-news","tag-supernatural","tag-tim-russ","tag-tom-skerritt","tag-ty-olsson","tag-veronica-cartwright"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24706,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654\/revisions\/24706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}