retrofutures

Tech

How to Send an Email in 1984

03.13.16

By Rachel Pick
Tech

The US Army Was Promised Jetpacks, Too

09.15.15

By Joseph Trevithick
Tech

These GIFs of Hokusai Woodblock Art with UFOs and Lasers Are Freaking Awesome

08.21.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

One Million Minutes of Archive Footage Reveals Scientists Ahead of Their Times

07.23.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

NASA Taunts Us With Exoplanet Tourism Posters

01.07.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

How Disney Was Hustled into Making the Trippiest Movie About Computers Ever

12.16.14

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

How the Victorians Saw in 3D

10.20.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Stock Photos Are Like Time Capsules for Retro Tech

07.24.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Alexander Graham Bell Made a Wireless Phone That Ran on Sunshine

06.03.14

By Ben Richmond
Tech

Dyson’s ‘Google Glass’, and Other Inventions That Never Quite Made It

06.02.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

There’s Now a ‘Physical Instagram’ for Nostalgic Polaroid Fans

03.17.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

MovieFone Is Dead, But These Automated Phone Services Live On

02.24.14

By Jason Koebler

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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: September 19, 2024

Venus is a major celestial player today as it forms one-half of two potent alignments.

09.19.24

By Melanie A. Davis
Life

Florida Man Bags 20 Pythons to Win $10,000

The annual Python Challenge is a contest to reduce python populations in the Everglades and maintain ecological balance.

09.18.24

By Luis Prada
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Shopping

10 Sluttiest, Sexiest Halloween Costume Ideas (That Aren’t a Total Waste of Money)

Skip the Spirit Warehouse with these easy, sexy halloween costume ideas that you’ll (mostly) actually want to wear.

09.18.24

By Natalli Amato
Elon Musk discussing Starlink in Indonesia. Photo by MADE NAGI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock.

Tech

Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Are Blinding Radio Telescopes

09.18.24

By Luis Prada
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Life

NYC Homeless Student Program Funds Diverted for Staff Disney Trips

Education officials used money meant for students in temporary housing on trips for their families instead.

09.18.24

By Luis Prada