May 11

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Better Than News

  • Star Wars: Ministry of Information is a science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and George Lucas.

    Star Wars: Ministry of Information is a science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and George Lucas.

  • Jar Jar: The Next Generation is a science fiction comedy drama television series.

    Jar Jar: The Next Generation is a science fiction comedy drama television series.

  • Salmon Fishing on Tatooine is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert.

    Salmon Fishing on Tatooine is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert.

  • Alien vs. Borg is a science fiction horror adventure film.

    Alien vs. Borg is a science fiction horror adventure film.

  • Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with various species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

    Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with various species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

  • The Feynman Lecture is an American action-physics thriller film loosely based on the life of Richard Feynman.

    The Feynman Lecture is an American action-physics thriller film loosely based on the life of Richard Feynman.

Are You Sure

• ... that theoretical physicist Richard Phillips Feynman (1918–1988) shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Julian Schwinger and Sin'ichirō Tomonaga for their development of quantum electrodynamics; and that Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams; and that during his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 868: A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.

    868: A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.

  • 1610: Priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci dies. Ricci translated Euclid's Elements into Chinese, as well as the Confucian classics into Latin, for the first time.

    1610: Priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci dies. Ricci translated Euclid's Elements into Chinese, as well as the Confucian classics into Latin, for the first time.

  • 1858: Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.

    1858: Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.

  • 1918: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman born. Feynmann will share the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics.

    1918: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman born. Feynmann will share the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics.

Topic of the Day

Diana Ross

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