Cinema by scientists

How about this as a way to get more kids interested in science: train real scientists to write screenplays for Hollywood movies?

That's the goal of $25,000 in Pentagon research grants, according to The New York Times. One person who's trying to make the career change, biophysicist Valerie Weiss, points out that scientists are actually well-suited for the movie biz:

"They're inherently creative, and willing to take more risks than other people," she said. "They're searching for the unknown, they're compensated very minimally, they're going on blind faith that what they're searching for is going to pay off. And filmmaking is exactly the same way."