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Science Fiction’s Fiercest Sibling Rivalries [Triviagasm]The only creature who could ever make Data truly feel something was his twin brother, the evil, Borg-diddling Lore. Science fiction is full of nemeses, heroes and villains whose most fearsome foes live right in their … |
With the Y: The Last Man film coming in 2010, we’ll soon get a big-screen treatment of Brian K. Vaughan’s world without men. All-female societies are not uncommon in science fiction, from culturally advanced utopias to …
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Much like the present, the future has its share of cults and fringe religions. Some are scams, some are a genuine search for enlightenment, and some are simply a fanatical devotion to a single person or task. Want to …
If you're a high school senior beginning the college application process, you're being told that this is one of the most competitive college admissions years. You'll need top grades and great test scores. But that's …
From our earliest dreams of golems and Galatea, people have wanted to create artificial beings with human characteristics and abilities. But in our haste to see a future of walking, talking mechanical humanoids, we're …
Also tagged: artificial intelligence, robot, fraud, hoax, automata, mechanical turk
It's been over 50 years since something many called a UFO landed near a military base in Roswell, New Mexico, and the mysterious incident continues to capture our imagination. Although some people still aren't sure …
Also tagged: aliens, top, conspiracy, ufo, roswell, extraterrestrial
Science Fiction came of age in the 19th Century under the talents of writers like Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, and H.G. Wells. But before these authors stands a long history of proto-science fiction tales, replete with …
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With every passing election year, the statistical likelihood increases that we'll elect a U.S. president who's really a robot, or an alien. Or maybe a charismatic plant, grown in some kind of tank. How will you …
Also tagged: top, the onion, heroes, superman, sylar, simpsons, futurama, captain america, alf, firesign theater, non human presidents, monsters in the oval office, uncle sam and the freedom fighters
Chances are that on Tuesday night, you settled onto your sofa and wondered, as you flipped on the television, just how J.J. Abrams would kick off his new series Fringe. Then, before you even made it to the opening …
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Musicians have been inspired by science fiction for as long as the concept has been around. Composers have based entire operas around plots by Doris Lessing and Philip K. Dick. And, from the Beatles to Billy Idol, the …
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