The Wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was inspired by Merlin from Arthurian legend and Odin from ...

Dwarf Fortress is often called the most complex video game ever made. While that claim is difficult to verify, it can undeniably be quite intimidating to newcomers, with dozens of menus to sort ...

Slithering into the heart of mythology, religion and folklore worldwide, snakes have long either been revered as divine messengers or feared as harbingers of doom. In ancient Egypt, a rearing ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.

Dwarf planet Ceres: Building blocks of life delivered from space Date: January 27, 2025 Source: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Summary: The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic ...

you know you still got it. In his first stop on his 2025 Past and Present tour, David Gray enthralled a sold-out MGM Music Hall at Fenway. Rising to fame with his album White Ladders—the UK’s 11th ...

Norse Atlantic Airways has expanded its transatlantic route network by adding a new route connecting Athens (ATH), Greece, and Los Angeles (LAX), United States. The low-cost long-haul airline will ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy.

In a press conference last week at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Scott Wolk of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory presented his findings on Wolf 359, a red dwarf ...

As Viking expert Dr Eleanor Barraclough explained on the HistoryExtra podcast, these dates do not tell the whole story. Norse activity in Europe started sooner than AD 793 and continued well after the ...

Craig Charles has opened up about the "stunning" unmade episodes of Red Dwarf that the cast, creatives and fans are hoping will eventually be brought to life in a return for the beloved sci-fi comedy.

One of the most head-scratching is his feud with Dwarves. To clarify, Homme isn’t the kind of bigoted, contemptible figure that Randy Newman lampooned in his oft-misunderstood classic, ‘Short People’.