Characters using scientific knowledge to solve problems

When things go wrong, often scientists will be sent in to investigate or people have to use whatever scientific knowledge they have to deal with the situation at hand. This can present a range of story possibilities for cinema and fiction.

Scientific knowledge can be used to determine a way forward to solve a problem, such as a ship run aground leaking oil onto a reef, or as a way to determine what happened, as can take place after a mining accident or to rescue people caught up in such an incident.