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Ever wonder what Calvin and Hobbes would look like as adults? One particularly inspired vision pits Christopher Robin and his friendly bear against our favorite comic-strip characters, in an eternal battle between good and evil. Take a look at the evil Dr. Christopher Robin and his nefarious Pooh creature, versus the grown-up spy duo of Agent Cal and Agent Hobbes. More »
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A special kind of lab-created opal can be used to carry several encrypted messages at the same time. Find out how it can keep secrets for someone — and tattle on that same person — depending on what you spray it with. More »
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We couldn't be more excited for Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, especially since it has Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner. Bring on the secret sexy spy intrigue — we're in! Watch the first trailer right now. More »
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There are stories that have come to light, over the years, that make the Central Intelligence Agency look like a collection of Looney Tunes shorts. The violence, the slapstick, and the over-the-top ridiculousness of the experiments that have been conducted over the years boggle the mind. They came from the (slightly-boggled) mind of one man: Sidney Gottlieb. More »
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Acoustic Kitty may well have been the first genuine spy animal ever created. In the past, pigeons were trained to send messages, and sometimes to survey enemy positions from the air, but Acoustic Kitty was different. More »
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Despite my elementary school diploma, I loved Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. Why? It's a chilling examination of an alternate reality in which children have become fellow travelers in global espionage, a parallel universe where Langley is run like Willy Wonka's candy-colored calorie mill. Like Ender's Game mixed with The Mickey Mouse Club, this is hands-down some of the grimmest shit ever to limbo under a PG rating. More »
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People have always wanted to communicate privately. There once was a time when regular ink was secret enough, because not much of the world knew how to read. Then literacy ruined it for everyone, and drastic steps had to be taken. Enter invisible ink, the way to keep what was written secret, sometimes by unsavory means. More »
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Sometimes, you want to feel like a secret agent. You don't actually want to be one, since that involves danger (and probably having to run a lot and get up early in the morning), but you want to feel like one. Here's a super-sneaky way to ‘read' a credit card. More »
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A cryptology instruction book…202 years old. A photograph of the U.S. Army's cypher bureau...from 1919. A breakdown of Russian electoral districts...circa 1948. Schematics for a magnetic tape memory system...nearly half a century old. More »
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When classified planes were being built in Area 51, the Soviet Union's spy satellites made out their shapes the same way people can tell if a car has been parked in a certain space on a hot day. More »
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The next film from producers Bill Block (District 9) and Adrian Askarieh (Hitman) will be Alien Sleeper Cell, which is described as a new take on the alien-invasion genre with a Bourne Identity feel. Image via Worth 1000. [The Wrap] More »
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The financial woes of MGM can't keep everyone's favorite international spy down. James Bond will return in 2012 with a new movie, and with Daniel Craig in the lead once again. More »
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Clooney never got to play James Bond, but if he goes after the role of Napoleon Solo in Steven Soderberh's U.N.C.L.E. movie remake, we may finally have the Clooney spy flick we've always wanted. More »
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What sort of foot-long sandwich does Summer Glau like? Find out in quasi-pornographic detail, involving a thigh-knife, in this clip from last night's Chuck. Which also guest-starred Rob Riggle as that guy from The Daily Show. Spoilers ahead! More »
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Firefly fans who've heard that Adam Baldwin rocks the house on Chuck but haven't yet investigated for themselves should really check out last night's Baldwin-tastic episode. Seldom has the Hero of Canton been in such awesome comedy form. Spoilers ahead! More »
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It's a high-fashion beatdown, with Sarah and a supermodel spy trashing each other in the dressing room and on the catwalk. Just one of two all-time-great moments in last night's Chuck. The other being Morgan Grimes' management seminar. Spoilers ahead... More »
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Here's the most inspired moment from last night's Chuck, in which Sarah thinks she's sending an S.O.S. to Chuck, and Morgan thinks she's making an erotic connection. Rrrrroww! We're glad Chuck is back, even though this wasn't the greatest episode. More »
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These Indian James Bond comics are devoid of context and proper translation, but they're better that way. After all, it's a spy's job to act mysterious, and I honestly have no idea what the hell's going on here. Semi-NSFW.

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Angelina Jolie's spy-fi movie, Salt, was originally supposed to star a man. But after she came aboard, Jolie fought to keep her character from turning into a stereotypical femme fatale. We talked to her about busting heads, MacGyvering and more. More »
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Check out Angelina Jolie using her underwear as the ultimate spy gadget. New clips from the espionage flick Salt are starting to look a lot more Macgyver and a lot less James Bond. Which may be for the best. UPDATED. More »
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The purported first twenty pages of Undercovers — J.J. Abrams' married spy thriller debuting on NBC this fall — were leaked to the Italian website Il Post. What's the show about? Sexy espionage action and unsexy married life. Spoilers on. More »
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Bulletproof vests are handy life-saving devices, but they tend to clash with khakis and leather sandals. For the spy who wants bullet-stopping technology with a more casual look, one clothing manufacturer offers the bulletproof polo shirt. More »
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Sounds like ABC might be panicking over how to keep their Lost audience. Rumors are circulating that ABC is considering bringing back a "new version" of Alias borrowing ideas from the original series, but minus the Rambaldi prophecy nonsense. [E] More »
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Since the producers of the next Daniel Craig James Bond film put the brakes on their production due to the financial woes of MGM, people are already beginning to speculate on a full-fledged reboot. And they're betting on Sam Worthington. More »
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If you like retro-futuristic spy tales, you will be intrigued by this collection of KGB spy notebooks, translated online, created during the height of the Cold War. They're all about stealing science secrets. More »
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We were unconvinced by the second season premiere of NBC's Chuck when it first appeared online last week, and a second viewing last night for its "official" debut on-air didn't do that much to change our opinion (Sorry, all). But maybe we're too used to the crankypants to recognize fun anymore. If you saw the episode last night, consider this the place to tell us how wrong we were. More »
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You're on vacation, but you still want to spy on what your roommates are doing in your house. Or maybe you just want to be sure your boyfriend remembers to feed your cats. Either way, you're in luck with the new Spykee robot (pictured), a robot that's remote-controlled via internet phone service Skype. That means you can call your robot from anywhere in the world, guide it around your house, and see what it sees. More »
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Every spy agency and intelligence group on Earth claims they're trying to stop terrorism, but it doesn't look like armed subversives are going away any time soon. Maybe we need to bring in some backup from beyond the stars, or beyond the species as we know it? We already told you about some of the greatest secret spy organizations from science fiction, and now it's time for you to decide which ultra-secret-mega-groups, whether extraterrestrial or merely superpowered, should be brought in to crush the terrorists (whoever they are). More »
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Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. More »
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