Chris Higgins

Joined: Nov 21, 2012

Chris Higgins is the author of The Blogger Abides and writes for This American Life, The Atlantic, Breakfast on Mars, and The Magazine. You can follow him at chrishiggins.com.

Retro TV Commercials from the 80's Part 1

Watch 80 Minutes of Old Commercials From the ‘80s and ‘90s

Watch a Master Woodworker Make a Christmas Ornament

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Snail Sex | Deep Look

Watch How Snails Make Baby Snails

The Time Australia Accidentally Overran Itself With Toads

On This Day in 1962, NASA Launched and Destroyed Mariner 1

A software error coupled with a radar failure led to the loss of NASA's first Venus probe.

Want Pizza...from Your Toaster?

This 1999 commercial takes pizza too far.

Watch the Star Trek: Voyager Captain Janeway Who Almost Was

Captain Janeway was originally named Nicole, and was played by Canadian actor Geneviève Bujold.

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70 Years Ago Today, Kurt Vonnegut Was in Slaughterhouse-Five

"Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."

On This Day in 1958, NASA Was Created

Eisenhower signed the legislation largely in response to the USSR's various Sputnik satellites.

The Grand Theft Auto V Deer Cam

This deer plays GTA V better than we ever did.

Watch an Early Silent Film About the Theory of Relativity

In 1923, filmmakers attempted to demonstrate Einstein's theory of relativity with pistols.

The Russians Didn't Just Use Pencils in Space

A longstanding urban legend goes like this: During the space race of the 1960s, NASA spent millions developing a fancy "space pen" that could be used in zero gravity ... but the Soviets just used a pencil. This story resonates with us because NASA did act

Elvis Presley, Josephine Baker, Joan Crawford, and James Brown.

65 People and Their Famous Last Words

Poignant, funny, sad, weird, or mean—last words can make quite the impact as we shuffle off the stage of life. Here are 65 notable examples.

Relive MTV's First Two Hours on the Air in Real Time

MTV launched at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981. Now you can relive the first two hours of the music network's existence.

15 Enterprising Facts About George Takei

George Takei may be best known for his role as Mr. Sulu on ‘Star Trek.’ But there's far more to Takei than manning the helm of the USS ‘Enterprise.’

11 Delightfully Dated '80s Magazines

From "The Space Gamer" to "Today's Woodworker," we've got some gems. Here are some magazines from the '80s.