When Stranger Things Got Strange: Managing the Message When Pairing Basic Science with Sci-fi
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 Published On Jun 29, 2023

Opening a portal to another world sounds like science fiction, because it is. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dr. Leah Broussard's research into portals - the kind found in the physics world - stoked rumors that she was looking for otherworldly dimensions. ORNL’s Sara Shoemaker and Jenny Woodbery discuss the media and social media frenzy that followed and how they were able to debunk these myths.

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