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20 Years Ago, a Music Legend Made a Shockingly Great Sci-Fi Movie

13 Years Ago, 'Lost' Gave Fans a Series Finale They Hated — It Was Also Perfect

Disney's Big New Movie Borrows a Brilliant Trick from 'Black Panther'

18 Years Ago, an Incredible Sci-Fi Show Raised Its Stakes — And Changed TV Forever

Einstein! The Real History Behind 'Oppenheimer's Most Unexpected Character

13 Years Ago, One Genre-Breaking TV Episode Changed Television Forever

20,000-Year-Old DNA Finally Revealed Who Wore This Ancient Elk Tooth Pendant

'Gladiator 2' Theory Uses Roman History To Explain Pedro Pascal’s Mystery Role

25 Years Ago, a Classic Sci-Fi Franchise Unleashed Its Most Controversial Movie

Was Balto Part Wolf? DNA Analysis Reveals New Details About the Heroic Dog

'Sisu' Review: 'Inglourious Basterds' Meets 'John Wick' in this Nazi Revenge Thriller

Scientists Are Fighting To Save Ancient Human History From a Rising Threat

'Godzilla x Kong' Villain: 'New Empire' Easter Egg Teases a Shocking Twist

Why Did the Vikings Abandon Greenland? New Study Pieces Together a Complex Answer

30 Years Ago, A Bizarre Sci-Fi Sequel Killed a Near-Perfect Franchise

This Bizzare Practice is Transforming the American Lawn As We Know It

Aboriginal Researchers Reveal An Untold Story of Australia’s “Fairy Circles”

This Ancient Beverage Helped Tibetans Thrive On The “Roof of The World”

These “Gorgeous” Skeletons Reveal a New Species of Ancient Bat

New DNA Analysis Reveals an Untold Story of Horses in America

'Welcome to Derry' Could Redeem 'It: Chapter Two’s Most Unnecessary Retcon

Archaeologists Uncover First Direct Evidence of Drug Use From the Bronze Age

'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' Review: An Incendiary and Urgent Eco-Thriller

A24’s Most Surprising Horror Franchise is Tackling a New Hollywood Era

Sean Connery Almost Got Robin Williams' Part in 'Good Will Hunting' (and Other Fun Facts)

The Real-Life Scandal Behind 'Barbie's Two Strangest Characters

10 Years Ago, The Most Disturbing Cannibal Thriller Somehow Got Past Network TV Censors

The Oral History of 'Super Mario Bros.' (1993): "Nobody Was Happy About It"

The Weirdest Sci-Fi Movie on HBO Max Reveals an Even Stranger True Story

60 Years Later, Hitchcock’s Most Innovative Movie Is Still Shaping Hollywood in One Unexpected Way

Newly Unearthed Viking Gold Violates Our Understanding of Norse God Odin

20 Years Later, the Riskiest Zelda Game Ever Made Deserves a Switch Remake

5 Years Ago, The Most Surreal Horror Miniseries Turned History Into a Modern TV Classic

A Lock of Hair Reveals Beethoven’s Genome for the First Time

15 Years Ago, Lance Reddick Made the Best Sci-Fi Show on TV Even Better

19 Years Ago, Charlie Kaufman Made a Modern Sci-Fi Classic — And Never Topped It

Archery May Have Originated in Europe 40,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought

How 'Agent Elvis' Fixed the Biggest Problem With Elvis Biopics

DNA Study Reveals When Tibetans Got their High-Altitude Super Gene

Why 'Creed' (Yes, 'Creed') Is the Best Movie Reboot Ever Made

Archaeologists Discover Ritual Sacrifices at Mysterious 7,000-Year-Old Monuments

Into the Myst: The Oral History of America's Oldest Surviving Indie Game Studio

Daylight Savings Is Bad For Our Health — This Simple Method Is Better

These Tool-Wielding Monkeys Shed Light on a Huge Evolutionary Mystery

'Professor Layton' Trailer Brings Back Gaming's Most Underrated Aesthetic

25 Years Ago, A Forgotten PS1 Gem Invented the Stealth Action Genre

5,000-year-old Skeletons May Be World’s First Equestrians, Study Finds

Cosmic Rays Reveal A Hidden Corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza

'Like a Dragon Ishin's Ending, and the True Story Behind It, Explained

'Cocaine Bear' Review: A Drug-Fueled Descent Into Pure Chaos