retrofutures

Tech

How to Send an Email in 1984

03.13.16

By Rachel Pick
Tech

The US Army Was Promised Jetpacks, Too

09.15.15

By Joseph Trevithick
Tech

These GIFs of Hokusai Woodblock Art with UFOs and Lasers Are Freaking Awesome

08.21.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

One Million Minutes of Archive Footage Reveals Scientists Ahead of Their Times

07.23.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

NASA Taunts Us With Exoplanet Tourism Posters

01.07.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

How Disney Was Hustled into Making the Trippiest Movie About Computers Ever

12.16.14

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

How the Victorians Saw in 3D

10.20.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Stock Photos Are Like Time Capsules for Retro Tech

07.24.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Alexander Graham Bell Made a Wireless Phone That Ran on Sunshine

06.03.14

By Ben Richmond
Tech

Dyson’s ‘Google Glass’, and Other Inventions That Never Quite Made It

06.02.14

By Victoria Turk
Tech

There’s Now a ‘Physical Instagram’ for Nostalgic Polaroid Fans

03.17.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

MovieFone Is Dead, But These Automated Phone Services Live On

02.24.14

By Jason Koebler

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Music

Pearl Jam Never Wanted to Play This Controversial Protest Song Again After Being Booed off Stage

Pearl Jam’s song “Bu$hleaguer” got them into trouble when played live, probably because Eddie Vedder performed in a George W. Bush mask.

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By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Music

50 Cent Reveals What He Really Thought About Taylor Swift Name-Dropping Him in One of Her Tracks

50 Cent reacts to Taylor Swift referencing him on her 2025 album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ and whether a collab made sense with them.

37 minutes ago

By Caleb Catlin
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Music

Amy Winehouse Told Herself She Wouldn’t Write About This Topic Early in Her Career, but It Happened Anyway

Amy Winehouse once revealed that she wanted to avoid writing about this topic, but ended up with several songs about it on her debut.

1 hour ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

Djo Just Announced Some Headlining U.S. Tour Dates

The newly announced dates will take place in between shows supporting Tame Impala.

1 hour ago

By Nick Stockton
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Entertainment

CM Punk and Roman Reigns’ Heated WWE History, Explained

2 hours ago

By Haley Miller