In experiments on pig organs, scientists at Yale made a discovery that could someday challenge our understanding of what it means to die.
A deep fake-powered alternate take on Full Metal Jacket if it were directed by Wes Anderson.
A brief history of sci-fi courtesy of the Turner Classic Movies channel.
Sci-Fi Author Ted Chiang on Our Relationship to Technology, Capitalism, and the Threat of Extinction
GQ | Ted Chiang
The Hugo award-winning icon discusses his new collection and the evolving role technology plays in our lives.
Researchers have ideas how to probe consciousness.
“The ‘Hypnosis’ collection is a hypnotic visualization of nature’s tapestry, the symbiotic cycles of our biosphere that interweave the air, land, and oceans.” –van Herpen
New text effective today adds “falsely created images” to state law.
It’s finally happening. The Sandman will live beyond the graphic novel.
The goal is to develop scalable quantum repeaters for long-haul quantum communications and distributed quantum computers for large-scale quantum computation.
Comedian & former SNL cast member Jay Pharoah on Jimmy Kimmel channeling the genius of Denzel.
Bedrooms in space, super brains, and robot dogs.
An AI program learns it’s at risk of being shut down, how will it respond?
Entertainment Weekly | Reviews
Jake Gyllenhaal delights in a jumbled, jumbo-sized adventure.
The Daily Beast | Virgin Galactic
After years of hype, Virgin Galactic seems to have its act together. Just in time for the boss to join the celebration of the first moon landing by getting his astronaut wings.
David Bowie makes almost everything a little better.
In two recent research papers, we described ways to detect deep fakes with flaws that can’t be fixed easily by the fakers.
New innovations in neurotechnology should consider ethical, social and legal implications.
Turning tiny spacecraft into starships by coupling them with large light sails – reaching other solar systems in a few decades to study them up close.
Scientists find frozen sperm exposed to zero-g could go where no man has gone before.
Some sleep on electromagnetic mats, others pop up to 150 pills a day. But are ‘life extensionists’ any closer to finding the key to longevity?
The Replacement reflects this with a world of clones that can out-perform their originals at everything.
Boyle is getting that good old undead, fast zombie, rage virus itch again.
The 1959 pilot episode, airing a decade before the first moon landing, bore what would become the series’ hallmark: narrating Cold War anxieties through a mix of science and superstition.
The phenomenon of “prepping” – a predominantly American phenomenon of storing food, water and weapons, and developing self-sufficiency skills for independently surviving disasters – is on the rise.
Meditation as deep TV storytelling, with the occasional dash of neon violence, tech, and the supernatural.
An effort to rebrand has resulted in DC shuttered one of the most beloved comic publishing names in history.
In 1989, physicist Bob Lazar broke the story of Area 51 and the US government’s work on alien spacecrafts. He blew the whistle, shocked the world, then went silent – until now.
It’s almost time to go back to the upside down.
Furhat Robotics and psychologist Robert Johansson have partnered to create a robot which simulates a depressed patient.
The “HP RoboCop” was recently previewed at Huntington Park’s 5K event and has been diligently patrolling the park for several weeks.
It sounds like science fiction, but journalist Stephen Petranek considers it fact: within 20 years, humans will live on Mars.
Bill Murray, Chloë Sevigny, and Adam Driver star in Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die, as police officers doing their best to protect a small town from zombies.
