By: Peggy Nelson

“Party at the moon tower!”

By: Peggy Nelson

I’m going to need you to go ahead and up your flair.

By: Matthew Battles

YouTube and the Pop Paranormal.

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from DISTRICT 9 (2009)

By: Joshua Glenn

Chewie is middlebrow! Darth Vader is quatsch!

By: Peggy Nelson

And, on fire! Werner Herzog’s latest: Grizzly Cave Man

By: Matthew Battles

With speculation on the appearance of Apple’s tablet computer rampant, a minor detail, which has entirely escaped the notice of breathless commentators, may prove the most important of all. Among Apple’s patent filings pursuant to […]

By: Joshua Glenn

Speaking of brows. You know Cadbury’s 2009 viral ad, “Eyebrows”? The one in which two children — peculiarly self-composed, knowing, mysterious, alien-like children — wiggle their eyebrows to the beat of Freestyle Express’s “Don’t Stop […]

By: Matthew Battles

Here’s a quick post pointing to Hulu’s Cosmos channel, where Carl Sagan’s entire groundbreaking PBS series may be streamed for free. Sagan’s series introduced a generation to a universe that was both comprehensible and mystical–an […]

By: Matthew Battles

Among the radio transmissions winging its way to other galaxies from Earth is “Are We Alone,” a program hosted by Seth Shostak of the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life) Project. Recent topics include “The Emergence […]