We use items every day of our lives without knowing that some of them have origins that took root centuries ago. Whether it's the clock on our living room wall or the engine under the hood of our car, ...

Eager to know who created D-Rex and other mutant dinosaurs in Jurassic World Rebirth? Helmed by Gareth Edwards, this standalone sequel to Jurassic World Dominion (2022) follows Zora and her team of ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Who created ...

Barrett Smith was a Movies & TV writer for Gamerant with a background in literary and film studies. He’s a lifelong fan of fantasy and sci-fi, especially animation and superhero comics. When he isn't ...

Toast is pretty much the greatest thing to happen since—and to—sliced bread. There’s nothing more satisfying than sticking a piece or two between the metal grates, sliding down the lever and watching ...

We often take for granted all the technological advances that we use on a daily basis, from the moment we get up in the morning and throughout the day. Without gadgets like the alarm clock to make ...

The brilliant biochemist Owades (1919-2005) turned centuries of brewing know-how upside down in the 1960s when he developed a revolutionary process for brewing full-flavored beer with fewer ...

Anime was created by Osamu Tezuka in the late 1960s, who is oftentimes called the “god of manga,” the “godfather of anime,” and the “Walt Disney of Japan.” Throughout Japan, Tezuka is known as one of ...

Stock cars, at least in the sport’s earliest years, were essentially production-model cars turned into racing vehicles. "Bill’s vision was to basically take cars from the assembly line and put them on ...

While Gundam may be a monstrously huge franchise these days, its beginnings were far more uncertain and quite tempestuous. So it makes total sense to do a thoroughly over-the-top parody of what ...

In 1885, an English psychiatrist published the case of a man called W.B., who had spent much of his life cycling through jail and asylums. W.B. was “a quiet and useful man,” the doctor wrote in The ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live," by New Yorker articles editor Susan Morrison (to be published ...