Science Of Sci-Fi

British inventor Colin Furze built a real-life flamethrower in order to imitate the powers of the X-Men villain, Pyro. Using this...

You've seen aliens, star fleets, and other sci-fi creations employ the help of tractor beams in works such as "Star Trek," "Star...

Researchers from Sage Bionetworks and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai are pursuing a large-scale project to study the role...

Several studies published in recent weeks have given researchers hope that obstacles facing stem-cell research may be overcome, as...

If you could remove a painful memory, Eternal Sunshine-style, would you? If your answer is yes, then you're in luck. A team of...

Brazillian researchers may have developed brain exercises for the development of empathy. The researchers from three Brazilian...

Inspired by cybernetic organisms in fiction such as the "Terminator" movies and television show, researchers from the University of...

With the recent release of the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar," fans are gearing up for its November 7...

The human race is finally ready for suspended animation. This month, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital will attempt human trials for a...

When Duke professor Mark Kruse was asked to co-advise a dissertation that covered both literature and physics, it reminded him of his...

You all know about the premise for Steven Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park, and hopefully you also know about the global effort going on...

A researcher at the University of California has succeeded in creating a prototype of a virtual reality 'holodeck'. Utilizing three...

Science is truly meeting science fiction in Washington DC this weekend. No, really. Smithsonian Magazine's 'Future Is Here' festival...

Yet again the past week has seen science meet science fiction in the coolest ways imaginable. There were some giant leaps made in the...

Self-sufficient water-based habitats, a rabbit heart kept alive with synthetic materials and a potential mission to Jupiter's moon...

The terrifying events depicted in Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity were all started by one explosion on a satellite orbiting Earth, which...

If we are to believe Hollywood, the future is a scary place. There are giant aliens, swarms of aliens and Nazis living on the moon,...

When I watched Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity last week, I was absolutely blown away by just about every aspect of it, from the visuals to...

Scientists at the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms have made a discovery that might just put us one step closer to real life...

Teleportation, robotic exoskeletons and flying cars. These are just a few of the technological marvels on display throughout this...