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2022's Greatest Surprise TV Hit Has Become 2023's Biggest Disappointment

The Rocket That Could Take Humans to Mars Has Been 50 Years in the Making

25 Years Ago, an Arcade Classic Redefined an Entire Genre — And Changed Video Games Forever
18 Years Ago, the Best Sci-Fi Show of the Century Took an Unprecedented Step Into the Unknown
Scientists Go Pink Diamond Hunting — And Find A Prehistoric Surprise
15 Years Ago, a Visionary Director Made a Shocking Dystopian Sci-Fi Movie That Was Ahead of Its Time
Bethesda Founder Christopher Weaver Is Racing to Protect Video Game History
10 Years Ago, The Greatest Crime Series of the Century Cemented Its Legacy
10 Years Ago, Cillian Murphy Copied an American TV Trend — And Invented to New Kind of Gang Thriller
44 Years Ago, a Legendary Writer Made a Disturbingly Prophetic Sci-Fi Movie That Still Resonates Today
10 Years Ago, A Genius Director Made an Underrated Sci-Fi Movie — And Brought a Perfect Trilogy to Its End
37 Years Ago, a Rising Director Made a Hugely Influential Sci-Fi Movie — He Never Got His Due
Geologists May Have Discovered a Huge, Ancient Asteroid Site That Triggered Mass Extinctions
27 Years Later, the Director of a Groundbreaking Disaster Thriller Insists It "Cannot Be Remade"
Oldboy Turns 20: Revisiting the Hallway Fight, the Meaning of Vengeance, and That Spike Lee Remake
52 Years Ago, a Legendary Director Made a Crime Masterpiece That’s Still Influential Today
40 Years Ago, a Daring Cinematographer Pushed Stephen King's Most Unsettling Thriller to the Limit
You Need to Watch the Most Brutal War Epic on Netflix ASAP
50 Years Ago, George Lucas’ Most Influential Movie Paved the Way for Star Wars
200-Million-Year-Old Poop Contains Fossilized Parasite Eggs
Why a Dig Into Earth’s Climate History Has Scientists Deeply Concerned
15 Years Ago, One Incredibly Weird Sci-Fi Sequel Signaled The End Of An Era
11 Years Later, 'Oppenheimer' Finally Fixes Christopher Nolan's Worst Ending
How Henrietta Lacks' Immortal “HeLa Cells” Transformed Medicine
This Fossil of a Giant Whale Could Be The Heaviest Known Animal To Date
'Oppenheimer' Easter Egg Reveals A Wild Government Conspiracy Theory
31 Years Ago, Paul Reubens Saved a Terrible Vampire Movie — And Launched an Unstoppable Trend
How Oppenheimer Proved Einstein Wrong About Black Holes
There's a “Gravity Hole” in the Indian Ocean, and Scientists Just Figured Out Why
'Barbie's Greatest Strength Lies in Mattel's Weirdest Failures
Ancient Human Burials Featured in Netflix Doc Spark a Scientific Controversy
Who Was Robert Oppenheimer? The Conflicted Father of the Atomic Bomb, Explained
'Oppenheimer’s Timeliest Political Message Is Also Its Most Complex
23 Years Ago, an Unknown Director Made a Mind-Blowing Revenge Thriller — And Changed Sci-Fi Movies Forever
78 Years Ago, the First Nuclear Bomb Changed the World Forever — Here's Exactly How It Happened
84 Years Ago, Einstein Wrote an Urgent Letter that Altered History Forever
'Oppenheimer' Review: Christopher Nolan's New Movie Is a War Epic Like No Other
20 Years Later, the Most Timely Sci-Fi Epic is Impossible to Find in the US
Ancient Egyptians Changed Humanity’s Relationship With Time — and We Still Feel It Today
10 Years Ago, Nintendo’s Most Underrated Series Released Its Best Game Yet — But No One Noticed
How Disney Used Geometry and AI to Make Indiana Jones Look Young Again
While Earth Hits Record Temps, Scientists Find the Upper Heat Limit for the Body
5 Years Ago, the Best Apocalypse Saga of the Century Revealed Its Shocking Origin Story
'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' Misses One Crucial Element From the Originals
The Most Influential Sci-Fi Franchise of All Time Just Got a New Streaming Home
Martin Scorsese's Epic First Western Is a Hollywood Blockbuster Like No Other
20 Years Ago, a Legendary Director Made the Perfect Apocalypse Movie — And Defied the Entire Industry
'28 Days Later': The Oral History of Danny Boyle’s Genre-Redefining Zombie Masterpiece
This Million-Year-Old Bone May Reveal an Ancient Human Cannibal
Review: 'Indiana Jones 5' is Way Better Than It Has Any Right to Be