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NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist (and creator of the Kryptonian language, among others) studies the people who invent new tongues.
Do grim sci-fi scenarios crush our hopes for real-world growth? Author Michael Harris looks elsewhere to unblock the road to a better future.
From "The Castle of Otranto" to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, these books changed the literary landscape.
Narnia and early Middle-earth were pancake-esque — but their creators took differing views on de-globalization.
See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.
"If we find just one other example of biology out there, then life is not an accident."
Although we still don't know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.
There's nothing like the end of the world to make you a philosopher.
In the quest to measure how antimatter falls, the possibility that it fell "up" provided hope for warp drive. Here's how it all fell apart.
Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.
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Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.
Science fiction met nuclear fission when Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd pondered the explosive potential of nuclear energy.
Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.
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The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s "Dune," science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
"The Man in the High Castle" may be the most beloved alternate history book, but it is not the most historically accurate.
Eternal twilight.
What is Captain America doing in ancient Mesopotamia?
Jules Verne wrote about gasoline-powered vehicles, weapons of mass destruction, and global warming more than a century ago.
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
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Why does time move forward but not backward? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
Astronomers have been looking for radio waves sent by a distant civilization for more than 60 years.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
Not too hot, not too cold...
On Earth, carbon can form millions of compounds, while silicon is largely stuck inside rocks. But elsewhere, silicon could form the basis of life.
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
According to author and entrepreneur Steven Kotler, at some point this century, we will confront the prospect of immortality.
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