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Internet access is today necessary for leading a minimally decent life, which doesn’t just mean survival but rather includes political rights.
Virtual Assistants | Artificial Intelligence
Will we fall in love with our computers? Elon Musk says…
VR | Doctor Who
Armed with the Sonic Screwdriver, players will solve mind-bending puzzles, grapple with iconic monsters in a quest to find the Doctor.
The US is planning to launch a space force. Many other nations may soon follow suit.
Another look at our silent friends and what happens when we forget their role on the food chain.
Because of course the man who delivers all your online purchases is delivering people to the moon too.
This is your last sweet taste of Star Wars goodness before the film drops in December.
Artificial Intelligence | Brain
What makes a brain tick is very different from how computers operate.
The future of ‘real’ space travel may be as fashion as the fictional versions.
Author’s study shows that engaging with a science-rich TV program can have an inspiring effect on a person’s attitudes toward science.
The thoughts of animals are like the sentences of an unfamiliar language. They completely unlike the way that our language is composed from words.
Robots (of course), aliens, insects, and all kinds of winning in Japan.
Some of the sci-fi disaster movie scenarios that are plausible might surprise you.
Missy Elliot | Science Fiction
Missy Elliot just proved again why she’s music’s biggest sci-fi nerd.
A rare exploration into what it means to be one of the few humans to experience space.
The last film in the series of Star Wars reboots featuring Rey takes the character into troubling territory.
Science Fiction | Futurecasting
If it were possible to download the neural networks of a human brain, could we preserve a computer simulation of that person?
Science Fiction | Futurecasting
Genetic modification, space stations, wind power, artificial wombs, video phones, wireless internet, and cyborgs were all foreseen by “futurologists” from the 1920s and 1930s.
Why we should worry about the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces.
Hollywood Rumors | Science Fiction
That’s right. The film that invented bullet time and changed the way we think about virtual reality is coming back.
A grim trip back into the world of Alien: Covenant.
Throughout history, we find remarkably similar constellations defined by disparate cultures, as well as strikingly similar narratives describing the relationships between them.
Robots | Artificial Intelligence
And this is just version one. Imagine when they give the robot artificial fur.
Transportation | Futurecasting
Aviation emissions have risen by 70% since 2005 and as demand increases in rich and poorer countries, they’re forecast to increase by between 300% and 700% by 2050.
Futurecasting | Science Fiction
It would seem that humanity is becoming more and more concerned with portents of human extinction.
The Matrix | VR
The film that revolutionized science fiction and gave us our best look at the future of VR is back in theaters.
If human-animal hybrids become more like us than non-human animals, it could then be argued that it’s unethical to produce a hybrid simply for the purposes of extracting its organs.
A new report claims that jailed billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was working on turning himself into a transhuman superman.
By comparing plants with organisms with mental processes that look like our own, have we made it impossible to recognize a consciousness different to ours?
Real humans, fake anti-gravity?
Penthouses in the sky, snow robots, and demon girls.
Repairing, repurposing or recycling satellites & “space junk” at a facility in Earth’s orbit could help build future spacecraft or exploration outposts.
Will Smith goes deeper into how he was able to film a movie in which the co-star is his younger self.
Artificial Intelligence | Futurecasting
The hysteria around AI comes from the likes of billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, but the reality of AI is currently very different.
