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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
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