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As kids, we definitely went through a phase when we were into military mission patches and medals. It kind of made sense: they’re basically the army equivalent of trading cards in sports. Of course, we got over our brief bout of militarism, but we still dig us some retro NASA mission patches.
They tend to be [...]

Remember astronaut food? You know, those weird dried-out vacuum-packed foods they sell at science museums that are supposedly like the stuff astronauts in orbit have to eat? We always suspected these were actually designed as an early tactic for weeding out children with space travel aspirations who clearly weren’t up to the challenge. As in: [...]

We remember being really disappointed upon learning that astronauts who were in orbit for a long time had to work out or face a massive re-education process to strengthen their muscles upon returning to Earth’s gravitational surface. Running on a treadmill in a space shuttle seems like a such a dull way to stay fit, [...]

Hey, so, it’s basically Moon Week this week, with the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing coming up on Monday and tomorrow marking the date that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong lifted off in Apollo 11. Accordingly, every media outlet is knee-deep in nostalgic moon-gazing coverage, but we’re more interested in the ways that [...]

As you’ve noticed if you read us regularly, Listicles is mildly obsessed with animated music videos. And since they seem to be something of a popular thing these days, there’s been more than enough fodder to stoke our animated video passions. To share that passion, here are our favorite 4 New Animated Music Videos.
“Printer Jam” [...]

With the economy depressed and news outlets in a free fall, the anonymous gang behind Twitter account The Media Is Dying stepped up in November of 2008 to supply the internet with updates on the endless corporate layoffs. Like a horrific car wreck, we just can’t look away. Here were the most gruesome layoffs across [...]