The famous HBO mnemonic – that static fuzz sound blending into an “ahhhhh” chorale – has barely finished playing when one of the most crucial scenes in Task unfolds. It is the start of Episode 3, ...

Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, according to Christian belief, has been replaced in an Evanston church’s Nativity scene by a memorial to victims of injustice committed by federal immigration ...

Welcome to Edition 8.21 of the Rocket Report! We’re back after the Thanksgiving holiday with more launch news. Most of the big stories over the last couple of weeks came from abroad. Russian rockets ...

There are no grocery stores on Mars, and resupply from Earth is many months away. As much food as future astronauts to the red planet may pack for the trip, inevitably, they'll have to create some ...

Retro gaming has gained significant momentum in 2025, capturing the attention of both longtime fans and newcomers alike. Classic consoles, once relegated to dusty shelves, are now being rediscovered, ...

Last year, Richard Linklater directed an entire movie in French ‒ even though he does not speak a word of the language himself. But according to the affable Texan filmmaker, “that was not even in the ...

Guillermo del Toro's name might be on the new movie Frankenstein, but he will be the first to say it takes a village to bring his fantasy tale to life. After Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) banishes ...

The Space Debris Detection Pipeline is a complete, modular framework for detecting and classifying space debris using synthetic imagery, computer vision, and deep learning. Designed to address the ...

The Maltese-born Joe Sacco is the rare cartoonist with a journalism degree (and, maybe just as rare, a cartoonist with masterful journalistic chops). Sacco’s latest book, “The Once and Future Riot,” ...

To know Valeisha Butterfield is to know that she’s forever been that girl. I mean, let’s check the scoreboard: After graduating from Clark Atlanta University in 2000, she co-founded the Women in ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...