Salon readers (and staff) weigh on on their favorite sad and funny movie clips

For an actress like Jennifer Lawrence, an Academy Award signals a bright future. For black actresses, not so much

Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers.

A man wakes after a brutal subway assault to a world that isn't quite right, in this brief but unputdownable summer read from the author of "The Beach."

The stepfather of a fifth grader who hanged himself tells the paper, "They called him gay and a snitch. All the time they'd call him this."

Sylvester Stallone's homoerotic car-racing actioner delivers something between "Speed Racer" and gay porn.

The dirty secret of evolution is that it's a lot more like the game of Mousetrap than you might think

The "Cosmos" host continues to put science first -- much to the chagrin of religious fundamentalists

Risks to life and property are not the only concerns about a busy sky

Public education is the biggest enemy of intelligent design, and "Cosmos" has made science accessible to millions

Normal negative emotions are actually growth promoting and essential for human development and adaptation

I grew up under the fear of nuclear war. The news we consume now is often lacking in crucial context

The actor discusses fighting in "Knights of the Zodiac," martial arts onscreen and his worst "Iron Chef" bite ever

Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine seem to risk nuclear war — and that breaks an important precedent