science fiction

Incorporating alien lore, Patrick Chiles’s novel “Interstellar Medic: The Long Run” takes a medic into space to serve the galaxy.

Cannibalism isn’t what it used to be.

The technology already exists to implant and erase memories in the brain, and to use one person’s mind to control another person’s actions. On the flip side of technological invasions into our minds, interesting gadgets are increasingly being invented that can be controlled with the mind, hands-free.

In a way, there have been cyborgs among us for decades—anyone with a prosthetic limb, for example. But could the more fantastic concepts of cyborgs become a reality?

Imagine all you could do if you were invisible. But invisibility is just a pipe dream, isn’t it? Not as ridiculous as you might think, actually.

NASA has been talking recently of plans to put astronauts in suspended animation. A hospital in Pennsylvania is poised to put some patients into suspended animation. A facility in Michigan run by The Cryonics Institute has 117 patients in this state. As science fiction becomes reality, the legal nitty gritty may lead to a rude awakening for some.

UK defense and aerospace company BAE Systems is looking at developing military aircraft that seem to fly right out of a science-fiction movie.

The dystopia imagined by a science fiction author was inspired by reports of organ harvesting in China.

Inventor, investor, and business magnate Elon Musk has recently said that the days of Terminator-style robots taking over the world may not be too far off.

The tractor beam featured in popular science fiction movies and shows such as “Star Trek,” “Star Wars,” and even the sci-fi parody film “Spaceballs,” is a fictional device that is steadily progressing towards solid reality.

What if you predicted what the world would be like hundreds, or even thousands of years from now, but when that future became the present, no one gave you credit for your amazing vision?