Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side down or how ducks stay dry. But these quirky experiments often lead to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conjuring up your dream girlfriend in a computer might seem just a wee bit bizarre, made even more so when you find yourself ...

Weird Science (1985) is a science-fiction movie that revolves around two unpopular students who are constantly mocked by their seniors for crushing over their girlfriends. Furious about the situation, ...

The winner of a 2015 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics will visit RIT on April 28 for a research talk and a workshop focusing on science communication. David Hu, associate professor of mechanical engineering ...

There are a lot of riffs on Frankenstein, but none more extra than the 1985 cult classic, Weird Science. A wish-fulfillment film filled to the brim with hormones, Weird Science might, at first glance, ...

Part of growing up in the ‘80s meant watching John Hughes’ movies like Weird Science. The classic film starred Kelly LeBrock as Lisa, Anthony Michael Hall as Gary, and Ilan Mitchell-Smith as Wyatt. It ...

Oh, 1985, what a year, such weirdness! 2025 is the Weird Science 40th anniversary. Let’s revisit the movie – with techie dreams, awkward teenage fantasies, and, uhh, creating the “perfect woman” (on a ...

The iconic John Hughes film stared Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson and Robert Downey Jr. The 1986 film, which saw two teenage boys ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle From mini-brains to spider-inspired ...