Psychologist Sharon Lamb conducted a study on the influence of superhero role models on young boys, and thinks that the current crop have a generally bad influence on children: "There is a big difference in the movie...

Scottish DC writer Grant Morrison has some interesting observations about the social class differences between Batman and Superman: Bruce Wayne is a rich man. He's an artistocrat. Superman grew up as Clark Kent on a f...

Matthew Johnson has a fascinating hypothesis about the Mutant Registration Acts in Marvel Comics -- a series of US laws that require mutants to submit to government oversight and monitoring. These story arcs have been s...

Click on the link to view a larger size. I...  ...pt that it's probably necessary to expand cosplay culture and add online gaming. But yeah -- the people...

It's common knowledge that people from different culture act differently, but according to Takahiko Masuda...

Home to close to 30,000 pieces of historical weaponry, the Zeughaus Museum in Graz Austria represents the area's rich military heritage. The museum's collection includes guns, swords, and armor, including this complete...

At Test Freaks, D. Salmons provides a psychological analysis of the fanboy phenomenon. Such people, he alleges, are strongly motivated by jealously, a desire for tribal identity, and a yearning to find respect within th...

(You Tube link) And you thought crayons were just for making pretty pictures! Nathan Gibbs will set you straight. Crayola Monologues (2003) uses the crayon as a human metaphor for exploring color and identity in t...

The mausoleum of Buganda kings in Kasubi, Uganda is both an innovative burial site and an architectural marvel. Built with all natural materials and balancing on wooden poles stuck firmly in the ground, this UNESCO world...

The settlement of Copan is one of the most fascinating ancient ruins left behind in the world. In 1839, a traveler named John Lloyd Stephens remarked that "Copan lay before us like a shattered bark in the midst of t...