Feb 5 2008
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As one of you pointed out, and this clip conclusively proves, Mr. Wizard knew that girls as well as boys could be…
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Feb 4 2008
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Did you ever wonder why young, single women should waste their time in science class when they could be out tracking…
Feb 1 2008
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You've got a pile of mangoes and a clean-shaven Future Jack mixing up his breakfast screwdriver: Welcome to Lost,…
Jan 31 2008
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One of the best Christmas presents I ever received was David Wallechinsky and David Wallace's The People's Almanac.…
Jan 30 2008
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Behold the "Telephone That Registers Calls in One's Absence." It sounds like something from the Onion, but it's an…
Jan 29 2008
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In 1967, designer Diana Dew's light-up mini-dresses and pants pulsed to the music at the hippest discotheques. Still…
Jan 28 2008
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Alas, unlike other whined-for foods in our household (Pop Tarts, Cap'n Crunch), Space Food Sticks were a distinct…
Jan 25 2008
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Tomboy Kate morphs into wimpy womanhood in one of Lost's most annoying moments. Yesterday we paid tribute to our…
Jan 24 2008
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With one week to go until the season 4 premiere, here's a short and subjective list of my five favorite moments from …
Jan 23 2008
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Meet Mary Summerfield, Ph.D. In 1956, she was one of what American Girl magazine called "thousands of girls now…
Jan 22 2008
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Given all the hoopla over David Levy's new book, Love and Sex with Robots, perhaps it's time to get a quote on the…
Jan 18 2008
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Here's another scifi song to take to that barren asteroid with you: Brigitte Bardot singing Serge Gainsbourg's…
Jan 17 2008
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Remember when he-man hillbilly Sawyer figures out the levers and knobs in his cage and is rewarded with a…
Jan 16 2008
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In what must be the most unappetizing breakfast combination since soylent green and cream soda, two junior spacemen…
Jan 15 2008
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The knives are little more than a slender metal wedge and the three-tined forks so narrow you can barely spear a…
Jan 14 2008
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By the standards of psychotronic film, Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) has it all: Mamie Van Doren, a chimpanzee…
Jan 11 2008
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Jan 10 2008
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Meet the "first female robot," Susie Robette, from 1957. An FAO Schwartz catalog at the time promised the Robette…
Jan 9 2008
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Behold Ed Emshwiller's magnificent cover for the February 1959 issue of Future Science Fiction. Yes, it gives away…
Jan 8 2008
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Two peppy, Aryan teenagers learn how tomorrow's communication technology will help us live happily ever after in…