People tend to flex their intelligence for a number of reasons, including deep-seated insecurities, asserting their identity, or fulfilling their need for validation. In the process, some of them do ...

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Superman star Christopher Reeve once teamed up with the legendary John Carpenter for a underwhelming remake of a '60s sci-fi ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

I, like the great singer-songwriter Judee Sill before me, have always been and always will be a cunt. It’s something I’ve always known about myself, and I frame this early realization as follows: at a ...

If you’ve ever had the very specific desire to rack up credits by betting on the lifespans of digitally simulated alien babies, now you can. The Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator game offers ...

Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi brainchild, Pluribus, wrapped up its Season 1 on December 23, 2025. The finale, titled La Chica o El Mundo (The Girl or The World), delivered a cliffhanger setting the stage ...

What happens when two combatants of a massive conflict are isolated from their reasons for fighting each other? The idea that soldiers on opposite sides could find common ground because of an abrupt ...

This post contains major spoilers for Pluribus‘ eighth episode and some revelations about its hive mind/enjoined. If you don’t want to read them before watching, well, you don’t need seven billion ...

“We are all travelling through time together…” – 🎬 About Time This line comes from one of the most tender and grounding moments in About Time — a film that hides profound life philosophy inside soft ...

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has pushed back against her two adult children being labelled "nepo babies." Speaking to the BBC, the actor and mom of three discussed the widely used term that ...