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 ...

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, ...

Ongoing federal budget cuts stifle researchers' efforts to follow creative ideas that can lead to medical breakthroughs, wrote Jeff Coller, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of RNA Biology and ...

The 1986 film, which saw two teenage boys use the magic of computer science to bring their dream girl to life, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 2 — four decades after first being ...

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, ...

Long before Robert Downey Jr. graced the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Iron Man, he bullied nerds in 1985's "Weird Science." Written and directed by John Hughes, the sci-fi comedy tells the story of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Period scooping sounds like something you would only hear in a biology lab, not while doom-scrolling TikTok. Yet earlier this year, videos claiming you can “scoop out” your period to avoid the mess ...