Totally Astonishing Images from the 2013 Art of Science Contest

This isn't an alien world — it's a representation of the winds traveling from East to West (in blue) and West to East (in red) here on Earth. And this is just one of the fantastic images that won the 2013 Science As Art contest at Princeton University. See a few more below.

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Damon Lindelof admits the Star Trek underwear scene was "gratuitous"

Still scratching your head over the random underwear scene with Alice Eve in Star Trek Into Darkness? Head producer and writer Damon Lindelof has finally "copped" to the fact that the nudity was completely gratuitous.

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Read This Week’s DVDs or this catbus will eat these children

He’ll do it, too! This catbus is a monster! A giant, furry, adorable monster who stars in the greatest kids’ movie of all time! Plus sexy vampires, underage werewolves, badass bike messengers and more, all in this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases!

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That Time American School Kids Were Given Dog Tags Because Nukes

In the early 1950s cities across the U.S. spent hundreds of thousands of dollars outfitting their children with military-style dog tags. Why were we giving kids something that's usually reserved for people at risk of dying horrifically in the line of duty? Because in the era of duck and cover, kids were on the front…

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Charts reveal what Americans consider the most immoral acts

Polling organization Gallup has just released some fascinating statistics on how Americans ideas about immorality have changed over the past twelve years. Those who consider homosexuality immoral are now in the minority. But other kinds of moral outrage never change.

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