There are some activities that practically guarantee you'll die in a movie: embarking on a last-ditch space mission, being the hero's old mentor, or simply renting a haunted house. More surprisingly, the profession of geologist has a particularly high on-screen mortality rate—1 in 3, reports Science. This is the conclusion of a study published last April in Geology Today and cited by the American magazine. “Out of 202 geologist characters list…
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When fictitious geologists appear on the big screen, the risks of the trade are well present. But a very serious statistical study, quoted by 的Sciences, has recently shown that in Anglo-Saxon films, they are more often victims of murder than of a landslide. Their role has also changed over time.