Weird Science

The first season finale of the X-Files is based on a real-life X-File.

Scientists just came up with the quantum version of the Matrix argument. According to a new theory in theoretical physics, quantum...

In the fifth episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, Commander Trip Tucker returns from a mission to find that he has been impregnated by an...

With their new toy line for seniors, Hasbro proves itself determined to traverse the uncanny valley with these weird, almost realistic...

The Giza Pyramids, one of which is counted among the Seven Wonders of the World, have been the subject of fascination in the Western...

We haven't yet succeeded in sending a human to Mars, so maybe another species would have better luck. Russia is currently training...

We've seen many Star Trek-esque technologies come to fruition, including transparent aluminum, molecular scanners, and, of course,...

Because this is what the world has come to.

It's long been theorized that consuming certain types of fiction makes a person more empathetic; for example, a recent study showed...

Thanks to a new high-energy laser weapon, the future of drone warfare is rapidly resembling something out of a terrifying science...

Action figuress are often reserved for those characters who are able to wield an axe, fire a rocket or lift a truck. But what about...

Is society heading towards a real-life Westworld? Prominent ethicists, led by De Montfort University researcher Kathleen Richardson,...

Transhumanist pastor Christopher Benek made waves recently when he asserted that he "doesn't see Christ's redemption as limited to...

This sounds like a good idea if we ever heard one.

This may be simultaneously the most morbid and sentimental use of space yet. Elysium Space, a company described as a "celestial...

"They're not really dead, but it doesn't really matter."

JAXA's HTV spacecrafts are known as "Kounotori," or "White Storks," in Japan, but they're not exactly bringing babies. This morning,...

In the second series premiere of Black Mirror, which starred Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson, a woman signs up for a service that...

The “brain in a jar” scenario, in which a mad scientist disembodies a person's brain and connects it to a simulated reality, is...

Transhumanism, the movement which aims to use science fiction-esque methods such as brain uploading, cyborgism, and cryogenics to...