It was a general public topic in the brief period between WW2 and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the best we can hope for is shark week. It's not like

It was a general public topic in the brief period between WW2 and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the best we can hope for is shark week. It's not like people aren't curious - it's just that there's such a deluge of content that it's hard for science to stand out.