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

There’s a lot of madcap stuff going down in the climactic party scene of John Hughes ’ classic sci-fi comedy Weird Science, ...

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 1986 film, which saw two teenage boys use the magic of computer science to bring their dream girl to life, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 2 — four decades after first being ...

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 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 ...

Science usually has all the answers—until it doesn’t. For every equation that neatly solves the universe, there’s a glowing orb, a mysterious hum, or a 72-second radio signal that leaves scientists ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In Weird Science, two nerdy teens named Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Michael-Smith) ...

The 80-centimeter (31-inch) wide rock, named “Phippsaksla", stands out from its environment. It was found back on September 2, 2025, using Perseverance's Left Mastcam-Z camera, on Sol 1612, the ...

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, ...

Many attempts have been made over the years to popularize the inner workings of science — ways to make laymen able to grasp the essence of the innovations in theory and technology that drive the ...

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 ...