This breakthrough allows researchers to explore how brain cells interact and communicate without using animals in experiments ...

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 ...

A brand new newsletter is bringing back crazy chemistry, bonkers biology and foolish physics in the shape of The Weird Science Drop. The newsletter goes where other, more-sensible publications fear to ...

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 ...

Iconic '80s 'Weird Science' Stars Commemorate 40th Anniversary of Beloved Hit Film originally appeared on Parade. The stars of John Hughes' iconic film Weird Science are celebrating the film's 40-year ...

Grab your dial-up modem and strap a bra to your head, Weird Science is turning 40. Though beloved by many, it's fair to say that its silliness keeps it a little separate from the ...

Scientists have created a form of digital mind-reading called 'mind captioning,' which uses MRI scans to determine what people are thinking. Researchers have trained computers to interpret the scans ...

Hughes penned the script in just two days while also working on The Breakfast Club. In fact, both films are set at Shermer High, and John Kapelos plays Carl the janitor in both of them. He also used ...

And I wondered why videogames don’t have their versions of Annihilation. Don’t get me wrong: We have weird science fiction ...

Hughes adapted the screenplay for Weird Science from the EC Comics anthology series of the same name. Most issues of the comic featured four self-contained stories, giving readers a variety of options ...

Science fiction as a genre started out as a cult classic. Every mainstream show we know today, like Doctor Who and Star Trek, ...