Last year, a team of software and aerospace engineers took Doom porting to the next level, getting the game to run on a satellite orbiting Earth.

Nouvelle Vague is an homage to director Jean-Luc Godard, and Blue Moon centers on lyricist Lorenz Hart, the former creative partner of Richard Rodgers.

Even in today’s high-tech world, nature still manages to terrify and confuse scientists. From glowing oceans and eerie sky lights to rivers that boil and sounds that have no source, these natural ...