At 12, Ke Huy Quan found his parents waiting with a Lucasfilm check for almost $100,000. In his memoir, he explains why the money mattered to his family—and the rare profit-share gesture he credits to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

A newly posted 65-minute recording captures Captain Edward Ruppelt discussing roughly 800 UFO cases, about one-fifth unresolved after technical analysis. He also says the Air Force had no conclusive evidence of their origin.

Stallone says he sold Butkus when money ran out, then got his bullmastiff back and cast him in Rocky. The emotional story has a twist: Stallone’s versions differ, and his brother disputes the separation.

A tiny record tucked inside Amelia Earhart’s 1932 memoir had never been played. The Library of Congress recovered its sound without touching the fragile disc.

The Hollywood Theatre screened the only known 35mm print of a 1959 noir, unseen since it was made. An attendee says the canisters were saved from a dump-bound cache.

Filmmaker Howard Brookner’s recovered 16mm footage from the 1978 Nova Convention shows Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Burroughs and other artists in a moment that was nearly lost.

Cornell researchers built a microscopic array that senses temperature and synchronizes 54 artificial cilia to pump liquid. The machines respond together instead of simply moving on command.

At 3,277 meters below the Pacific, an MBARI ROV caught a rare bigfin squid drifting into view. Its strange bent arms helped researchers identify it—and the institute’s original footage lets you see the encounter.

A natural impact carved a 728-foot crater on the Moon. NASA found the fresh scar by comparing old orbital images—and discovered the blast changed the surrounding ground, too.

A recovered 1964 TV clip became a 16mm calling card for The Seekers in Britain. Watch the eight-minute performance that helped turn a planned visit into an international break.