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