Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

The 25-year age gap between now and the real-life non-event it depicts makes Y2K feel more outdated than nostalgic. Zigler says: In handling this idea, Mooney doesn’t know where to draw the line ...

“Y2K” is in theaters now. Emma Lee Gometz is Science Friday’s Digital Producer of Engagement. She’s a writer and illustrator who loves drawing primates and tending to her coping mechanisms like G-d to ...