Alluding to the human fertilization process as a squadron of Rebel fighters attacking the Death Star may seem silly on paper, but it works in the video The Beginning. Biologists Don Ingber and Charles Reilly at Harvard’s Wyss Institute set out to make a hyper-accurate film of how sperm fertilizes an egg.
They used real data from research, converted into animation. The purpose was to engage non-scientists, so they framed the process as a Star Wars parody. It was a cheesy idea that turned…The post The Beginning appeared first on FeedBox.