Sometimes, research can lead us down crazy paths. We may discover things we didn’t know existed or learn more about something we thought we’d figured out — and what we thought we knew can be turned ...

Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side down or how ducks stay dry. But these quirky experiments often lead to ...

In the spring of 1994, Weird Science premiered on the USA Network. Based on the 1984 cult classic from coming-of-age king John Hughes, the sleeper-hit series ran for five full seasons, spanned 88 ...

Reality is far stranger than fiction. While our everyday experience suggests a world that follows predictable, intuitive rules, science has repeatedly shown us that the universe operates in ways that ...

There are a lot of riffs on Frankenstein, but none more extra than the 1985 cult classic, Weird Science. A wish-fulfillment film filled to the brim with hormones, Weird Science might, at first glance, ...

There’s going to be sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll, chips, dips, chains, whips … your basic Rewatchables episode. The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt revisit John Hughes’s 1985 hit Weird Science, ...

The iconic John Hughes film stared Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson and Robert Downey Jr. The 1986 film, which saw two teenage boys ...

llan Mitchell-Smith and Anthony Michael Hall summoning their cyber-sexual fantasies in 'Weird Science' Though beloved by many, it's fair to say that its silliness keeps it a little separate from the ...

The Huntington in San Marino is turning its gardens and galleries into an after-dark Halloween playground once again, with ...

Foreword / Dame Gillian Beer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Lara Karpenko and Shalyn Claggett -- Part I. Strange plants : new frontiers in the natural world. 1. Victorian orchids and the forms ...