'Stranger Things' at 10: The Netflix streaming icon that made it cool to like science again
20-07-2026 19:00 via space.com

'Stranger Things' at 10: The Netflix streaming icon that made it cool to like science again

In July 2016, "Stranger Things" stormed its way into the pantheon of pop culture greats. Finding the sweet spot of '80s nostalgia, horror, and sci-fi, the Duffer Brothers' series established itself as one of Netflix's flagship shows and a favourite water cooler topic for close to a decade.Much like "Jurassic Park" encouraged an entire generation to suddenly view paleontology through a new set of eyes, the same can be said about "Stranger Things" and science. Seriously, how many of us discovered
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