Science Of Sci-Fi

Velociraptors would have looked more like particularly vicious turkeys than the monsters we saw in Jurassic Park's kitchen scene.

The seismologist who consulted on the script for San Andreas claims that the filmmakers mostly ignored his advice.

Boeing and the U.S. military are currently testing prototypes for laser weapons, like those used in Star Trek or Star Wars.

From Ultron to the Cybermen, sci-fi tells us that "ethical robots" could easily decide to eliminate humanity for the greater good.

Will Stephen King's inflammatory predictions come true?

Why is science fiction more concerned with a robot's feelings than its intelligence?

Is it possible to genetically engineer dinosaurs? A renowned Paleontologist reveals how the humble chicken could be key to a real life...

A new report claims that there are millions of pieces of debris circling our planet, and scientists are planning everything from...

Bill Nye the Science Guy explains the Princess Leia hologram from Star Wars: A New Hope in honor of Star Wars day- using emojis.

An Oxford neuroscientist and AI expert discusses how close engineers are to "artificial consciousness."

Acclaimed Star Trek writer Morgan Gendel tells the Brooklyn Futurist group that the Next Generation episode "Inner Light" predicted...

In their new webseries, "Because Science," Nerdist explains how a combination of radiation and genetic modification could create a...

Neil deGrasse Tyson will host a panel of experts discussing whether Earth will run out of water and whether extraterrestrial life...

Tiny robots called "MicroTugs" can pull objects many orders of magnitude greater than their own weight.

That hilarious Craigslist ad from a "recovering alcoholic billionaire" was actually a NASA scientist, here to warn us that criminals...

Half-organic nanobots, similar to those featured on an episode of The X-Files, could help us find water in space.

Surgeons performed a real-life facial transplant, giving a patient an almost entirely new face.

Find out how science fiction has predicted some remarkable advancements in the field of bioengineering.

Boeing could soon be saving lives using one of science fiction's most-famous protective devices, the Force Field. Made famous in...

Beings made of pure energy show up in seemingly every work of science fiction, but could they exist in real life?