The Overthinkers tackle “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”
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X-Men: F—ing Magnetos… How Do They Work?
The Dragon-Haunted World: The Art of Science in “Tangled” and “How To Train Your Dragon”
How to Find Your Shrunken Kids
The Aluminium Conundrum: Magneto’s Powers and Metallic Structure
Newtonian Inconsistencies in Lena’s “Satellite”
Guest writer Mark Laughter examines this year’s Eurovision winner and its disrespect for basic physics.
Fighting the T-1000
Overthinking Lost: Season Five
We made it, guys! Season five! We’re here! I finally finished watching all of Lost. I am officially caught up.
Ask A Scientist (About Pop Culture): Call for Submissions
Greetings, Earth-People: Against the advice of some, and as many of you may know, I gladly (if not always ably) serve as the Overthinking It staff scientist™. It’s an odd amalgam of roles, requiring mostly that I be at-the-ready if…
Overthinking Star Trek: Do Cardassians Have Nipples?
If Star Trek’s Cardassians are lizard-men, why do their women have such mammalian secondary sex characteristics? At long last, this pressing question gets the attention it deserves.