The dark side of the Moon revealed: The flight of Luna 3.
This terrible resolution photo was the first look of something humans had never seen before.
Sean Munger
Dreaming of fictional “Supercomputers” in an age of AI.
The fictional idea of a "computer that can do anything" hasn't changed. Our idea of what "anything" means has.
Blog hiatus: Greetings from Los Angeles.
I'm drowning in palm trees, smog and stolen water.
A film about knowledge and wonder: “The Name of the Rose” at 40.
The film based on one of my all time favorite novels was a slow burn, but I've come to love it.
The New Age hoax that won’t die: Carlos Castañeda’s long deadly legacy.
There's still much to say about the toxic cult leader whose fraudulent writings still maintain a large following today.
25 years on, we’ve forgotten 9/11, or at least what it could teach us.
Don't tell me to "never forget" unless you're really willing to try to understand the meaning of 9/11.
Confessions of a talking head: My history TV show experience.
I was recently invited to be on a history documentary show. Here's my experience doing it.