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Will 'Smart Drugs' Really Make Us Smarter, or Just Ruin Our Lives?
Given the recent surge in the popularity of nootropics—non-addictive drugs that enhance learning acquisition and increase the coupling of the brain's hemispheres—a debate over the murky limits of our neurological optimization has arisen as well.
Think Prometheus Was Nuts? One 'Alien' Script Featured Anti-Tech Monks Living in a Wooden Satellite
So, Prometheus is out, and everyone’s obsessed with Aliens again. Understandably so—despite the inconsistent quality of the films, Alien‘s intensely biological aesthetic is so unnervingly potent that if we didn’t have collective nightmares about that.
What Happened to Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk writing was “not outside us, but next to us. Under our skin; often, inside our minds.”
The Future Repeats Itself: What Science Fiction Has to Say About Google's Fancy Glasses
When science fiction foretells science fact, it helps prepare us for the future’s arrival, if it comes at all. Thanks to George Orwell, society is on guard against "Big Brother." Thanks to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and _Harrison Bergeron_, we have a general...
A Conversation With Science Fiction Legend William Gibson
The author discusses technology, the world’s protest movements, and what the future may hold.
Motherboard TV: William Gibson in Real Life
William Gibson's foray into television included an _X-Files_ episode that aired in 1998, called "Kill Switch," and it's one of my favorites. In it, Mulder and Scully must pursue a killer computer that lives in an RV and drives around killing people...
Original Creators: William Gibson
We take a look at some iconic artists from numerous disciplines who have left an enduring and indelible mark on today’s creators.