At The Disappearing Spoon podcast, Sam Kean talks about the history of the Apollo program space suits made by Playtex! “In the 1960s, NASA needed a better spacesuit. So they turned to the one firm on earth capable of meeting their strict standards—the Playtex underwear company.” Listen here.
You may have seen that rad poster Drew Struzan created for Joseph Ruben’s 1984 movie, Dreamscape. It’s the one with a smirking Dennis Quaid holding a torch while creepy heads float on the sides, implying an over-the-top, Indiana Jones-like escapade. That doesn’t strike an accurate tone, and it’s not the whole story.
The National Diet Library in Tokyo has scanned a copy of Sekka Zusetsu, an 1832 book of snow crystals observed and recorded by Doi Toshitsura. See them here!
Victor Frankenstein is a terrible father, a tech bro, and not a doctor.
Everything is real and everything is possible in Latitude Zero. It is both a secret utopia beneath the sea where scientists and artists work in peace, waiting for the day when humankind will be ready to embrace Latitude Zero’s wonders, and a Japanese/American science fiction spectacle directed by […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts about Sharksploitation (USA, 2023), Stephen Scarlata’s new documentary about sharksploitation! “I was one of those kids that was scarred by Jaws (1975). I worried about sharks in the bathtub.* I was scared in the pool. And getting me to swim […]
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