Win A Ray Gun, Son!

Ah, the good old days. Wooing a lady required a glass of chablis and a few shiny objects. No more. Impressing the modern maiden adventurer is no easy task. You're going to need a ray gun. And a good one. Lucky for you, we're giving one...

Inter-Planetary Travel Stinks

When it comes to space, Mars is the next big thing. But before you get your own custom Quatto or a ride through Venusville, you have to get there. NASA’s been looking into it, and the life science involved has been, well, weird.

Movie McNuggets

As a lover of cinema, there are obviously times when you’ve yearned to watch a specific moment from a beloved film—a particular scene that encapsulates all that’s special and magical about the movies.Most likely that scene is the one where...

Awesomely Geeky April Fool’s Gags

Stinky TV On April Fool’s Day 1965, the BBC conducted trials of a new and completely fake technology that transmitted smells over the air. Several viewers actually called in to report that it had worked.Host Hilarity On April 1, 1998, Alex...

DotCom Baby Album

If there’s one thing Facebook wants you to forget about—other than Twitter, of course—it’s what it used to look like back when it was still called thefacebook.com. And if The New York Times had its way, it would certainly rewrite history...