Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality

  • Written by Daniel B. Oerther, Professor of Environmental Health Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become realityTatooine's moisture farming equipment stands in the desert of Tunisia, where parts of the 'Star Wars' movie series were filmed.Véronique Debord-Lazaro via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” as the opening to the first “Star...

Read more: Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality

More Articles ...

  1. Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching
  2. What makes people flourish? A new survey of more than 200,000 people across 22 countries looks for global patterns and local differences
  3. Deporting international students risks making the US a less attractive destination, putting its economic engine at risk
  4. As heated tobacco products reenter the US market, evidence on their safety remains sparse – new study
  5. What causes RFK Jr.’s strained and shaky voice? A neurologist explains this little-known disorder
  6. Is a faith-based charter school a threat to religious freedom, or a necessity to uphold it? The weighty decision lies with the Supreme Court
  7. Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms
  8. Terrorists weigh risks to their reputation when deciding which crises to exploit − new research
  9. The woman who turned the Met Gala into the biggest party of the year
  10. Pandas and politics − from World War II to the Cold War, zoos have always been ideological
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more