Science Gets Raw: Film Festival Celebrates Science Communication, Exploration, Giant Robots

The premiere of a new film about the first colonists to travel to Mars is about to start, and when you must look up 3 feet (about 1 meter) to sheepishly nod to a giant robot, you do what you're told. The event is the brainchild of Keri Kukral, the force behind the Raw Science website. Held on the lot of the 21st Century Fox movie studio, it is not so much a film festival as a celebration of innovation in science communication.