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Stranger Than Fiction, Neal Stephenson Edition (Podcast)
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Stranger Than Fiction, Neal Stephenson Edition April 29, 2013 by Tim Wu Slate Welcome to Stranger Than Fiction, a new six-episode podcast from Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizon READ MORE
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/future_tense/2013/04/neal_steph...

7 (Fictional) hComputers That Changed Our World
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7 (Fictional) Computers That Changed Our World April 15, 2013] By Mark Hachman PC When we look for inspiration, there's no better source than fiction. Or science fiction, in the case of tech READ MORE
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/310364/7-fictional-computers-that...

Scientists provide science fiction advice to Hollywood writers
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Scientists provide science fiction advice to Hollywood writers June 8, 2012 By Brian Vastag Bangor Daily Living There’s a moment early in the new sci-fi film “Prometheus” where a scienti READ MORE
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/06/08/living/scientists-provide-scienc...

American dystopia more reality than fiction
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American dystopia more reality than fiction May 1, 2012 By Rebecca Solnit CBS News (TomDispatch) When I was growing up, I ate books for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and since I was constantl READ MORE
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-215_162-57425179/american-dystopia-more-re...

The Myth of the Three Laws of Robotics – Why We Can’t Control Inte...
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The Myth of the Three Laws of Robotics – Why We Can’t Control Intelligence May 10, 2011 by Aaron Saenz Singularity Hub Like many of you I grew up reading science fiction, and to me Isaac A READ MORE
http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/10/the-myth-of-the-three-laws-of-rob...

Putting the science in science fiction

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Putting the science in science fiction May 1, 2011 By Mika McKinnon Physics Today uring my first day at Bridges Studio, I fed the energy of solar flares into traversable wormhole equations and READ MORE
http://www.physicstoday.org/daily_edition/points_of_view/putting_the_s...

The science behind ‘Torchwood’: Morphic Fields
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The science behind ‘Torchwood’: Morphic Fields September 19, 2011 By Neela Debnath The Independent Viewers of television series ‘Torchwood: Miracle Day’ will have heard Captain Jack Ha READ MORE
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/19/the-science-behind-%E2%80%98...

MindFood: Real Science Hollywood Should Use
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MindFood: Real Science Hollywood Should Use April 27, 2011 By Peter Hall Hollywood.com Sci-fi is a typically tough nut for Hollywood to crack. I wish I had an explanation as to why Source Co READ MORE
http://www.hollywood.com/news/MindFood_Real_Science_Hollywood_Should_U...

Do you believe in time travel? How Doctor Who has blurred reality for some sci-f...
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Do you believe in time travel? How Doctor Who has blurred reality for some sci-fi fans March 11, 2011 MailOnline The lives of nearly a third of Britons could soon be made much easier thanks to READ MORE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1365185/How-Doctor-Who-...

Scientists Ruin Science Fiction By Proving Time Travel Is Impossible
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Scientists Ruin Science Fiction By Proving Time Travel Is Impossible July 25, 2011 By Jack Loftus Gizmodo Science decided to be unfun this morning. Physicists at Hong Kong University of Scienc READ MORE
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/07/scientists-ruin-science-fiction-by-p...

Did sci-fi writer Robert Ettinger pave the way to immortality?

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Did sci-fi writer Robert Ettinger pave the way to immortality? July 27, 2011 By Tony Rennell MailOnline Robert Ettinger is dead. Or perhaps he isn’t. Perhaps he’s just resting, in a state READ MORE
http://scififactor.boomja.com/Science-Fiction-and-Science-Fact-259681....

Mathematical models of emerging and collapsing societies. From Asimov’s f...
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Mathematical models of emerging and collapsing societies. From Asimov’s fictional futuristic tale to the real science of Gavrilets’ numerical simulations January 23, 2011 Jonathan R. Matias P READ MORE
http://poseidonsciences.scienceblog.com/2011/01/23/mathematical-models...

From science fiction to reality
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From science fiction to reality December 25, 2010 Irfan Hussain Dawn.com SCIENCE fiction fans will be familiar with the works of Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific writers ever to have liv READ MORE
http://www.dawn.com/2010/12/25/from-science-fiction-to-reality.html

Dr. Who Sonic Screwdriver Close to Reality
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Dr. Who Sonic Screwdriver Close to Reality December 7, 2010 Lee Spiegel AOL News (Dec. 7) -- A real sonic screwdriver -- like the one used by the popular British science fiction character Dr READ MORE
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/07/dr-who-sonic-screwdriver-close-to-re...

Holy Spock! How Star Trek's science-fiction is becoming fact
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Holy Spock! How Star Trek's science-fiction is becoming fact February 2, 2011 By Damian Corless Independent.ie A team of British scientists claim they're on the verge of boldly going where no READ MORE
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/holy-spock-how-star-treks-sciencef...

I can see the future - and it's INVISIBLE. Want a magical cloak to make you di...
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I can see the future - and it's INVISIBLE. Want a magical cloak to make you disappear like Harry Potter? November 21, 2010 By Michael Brooks Mail Online The studios where the Harry Potter mo READ MORE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1331360/Harry-Potter-Wa...

11 Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True
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11 Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True September 26, 2010 Sarah Kessler Mashable.com Many literary forecasts of our technological future have already come to pass: the atomic bomb, th READ MORE
http://mashable.com/2010/09/25/11-astounding-predictions/

Six scientists tell us about the most accurate science fiction in their fields
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Six scientists tell us about the most accurate science fiction in their fields September 23, 2010 By Annalee Newitz i09 What do scientists think about seeing their fields of research pulverize READ MORE
http://io9.com/5644435/five-scientists-tell-us-about-the-most-accurate...

Science Fiction and the Modding of Our Future
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Science Fiction and the Modding of Our Future September 22, 2010 Malcolm MacIver Discover The chasm between science and the humanities is nowhere more blatent than the lack of work on how scie READ MORE
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/09/22/science...

BEN BOVA: It's only science fiction until technology catches up
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BEN BOVA: It's only science fiction until technology catches up September 4, 2010 Ben Bova naplesnews.com t seems that whenever somebody disagrees with my opinion, they bring up the fact that READ MORE
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/sep/04/ben-bova-its-only-science-f...

For Creative Inspiration, Tech Geeks Turn To Sci-Fi
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For Creative Inspiration, Tech Geeks Turn To Sci-Fi August 21, 2010 NPR Did you ever wonder how engineers, programmers and scientists come up with ideas for new inventions like the search engin READ MORE
http://news.opb.org/article/11237-for_creative_inspiration_tech_geeks_...

How to Bring Armageddon the Right Way (w/video)
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How to Bring Armageddon the Right Way August 2010 Kevin Grazier Discover Science fiction without science is merely fiction. There are gray levels in how well the science is portrayed in READ MORE
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/08/11/how-to-...

How Science Fiction Made Me Want to Be a Scientist
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How Science Fiction Made Me Want to Be a Scientist July 13, 2010 Michael J. Kennelly World Science Festival Blog got into this stuff because of science fiction. I was a huge nerd in high scho READ MORE
http://scienceblogs.com/worldsciencefestival/2010/07/how_science_ficti...

Science Fiction Breaks Free From Fantasy
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Science Fiction Breaks Free From Fantasy JULY 1, 2010 Bbcnews Dish Network Latest News About Social And Science World Renowned physicist Dr Michio Kaku says that the world of science fiction m READ MORE
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Sometimes the line between Science Fiction and Science Fact gets blurry. Where do the two intersect? How close is yesterday's science fiction to today's science fact?
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