Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# tech
Predictions are difficult, especially about the future. But what futurist ideas seem to be on the right track and more likely to happen than not?
# tech
Bill McKibben isn't worried that the Technological Singularity will never happen. He's worried it will usher in an era of fascist ubermensch who will destroy humanity as we know it.
# oddities
Did biblical tests predict guided missiles? Sure, if you didn't actually read the passage in which you claim they appeared, much less its context...
# tech
Intel gives us a humorous peek at a surprisingly plausible future of robotics with its "Lunch Room" ad.
# oddities
A sci-fi experiment incorporating some of this blog's favorite themes...
# space
The future is often painted as a utopian landscape of amazing inventions and entertainment. The reality is often a lot messier and a lot of promises never come to pass.
# oddities
If sci-fi says more about our hopes and fears than about the future, what sort of sci-fi would our prehistoric ancestors produce?
# tech
Sometimes our retro-futuristic dreams do come true. Just not in the form we expected...
# science
Evolution of future organisms is hard to predict, but it's still fun to try.
# tech
Where are our flying cars, portable reactors, and robot butlers? Well, thank the 1980s...