Science in popular culture

As industrialization and urbanization rose, people migrated from rural areas to work in large factories, leading to increased socialization which in turn exposed them to scientific ideas, challenging their traditional beliefs.

[5] Beginning in the 19th century, there was a societal change where people were increasingly exposed to scientific and technological knowledge in their everyday lives.

[7] Other biological research focuses more on the building blocks of organisms, concerning itself with DNA sequences and proteins that are involved in the complex functions of life.

Usually in the form of written media, popular science has allowed scientific ideas to be presented to the public in a way intuitively understandable.

For example, in Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy, a fictionalized account unfolds in a reality where the dinosaur mass extinction event never occurs.

[10] As of June 2018, there has been development of some prototype androids like Hanson Robotics' Sophia, who can interact with humans and engage in sophisticated but limited movement.