Watch This Animation of a Star Being Ripped Apart by a Black Hole
Astronomers have gathered new details on how stars and black holes interact.
Astronomers have gathered new details on how stars and black holes interact.
A zoom through the universe...and inside ourselves.
In 1975, professional basketball player and former Globetrotter Connie Hawkins challenged singer-songwriter Paul Simon to a game of one-on-one.
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Every movie soundtrack tells a story—and few composers know more about musical storytelling than Hans Zimmer and Clint Mansell.
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Computer Show hosts from 1983 encounter guests from 2015. Hilarity ensues. ("Wait, let's go back to this...'web-site'?")
Who loves Tetris, Nintendo, and has two super-fast thumbs? These champs.
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The rediscovered animation is a holy grail for Monty Python fans.
"Fozzie, see, the thing of it is—you're not a real bear. You're not a real, natural bear." -Kermit
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"Science is Fiction"
Kids’ TV show Pitagora Suitchi makes science fun.
Here's what went down when William F. Buckley interviewed the literary giant.
Humans have a long history of clever ideas that go horribly wrong.
Virtual reality is reinventing the grammar of storytelling.
Despina Makai was born in the 1700s, and filmed by her grandsons over 100 years later.
A chemist's guide to smelling good.
Comparative psychologist Fumihiro Kano and his collaborator Satoshi Hirata are using the movies to study long-term memory in apes.