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The Science of Fiction

A technical guide to the future. By Maddie Stone.

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Sci of Fi: The Trash-pocalypse
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Sci of Fi: The Trash-pocalypse

Making our fossil record a better place
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The Science of Fiction

Making our fossil record a better place

How a videogame taught my generation that Earth is alive
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The Science of Fiction

How a videogame taught my generation that Earth is alive

The real science behind Star Trek: Lower Decks 'quantum reality drive'
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The Science of Fiction

The real science behind Star Trek: Lower Decks 'quantum reality drive'

'Absolution' reminds us nature is not what it seems
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The Science of Fiction

'Absolution' reminds us nature is not what it seems

The fascinating fungal science behind 'The Last of Us'
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The Science of Fiction

The fascinating fungal science behind 'The Last of Us'

What trippy worm ooze can teach us about saving nature
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What trippy worm ooze can teach us about saving nature

Meet the cosplaying paleontologist who teaches Jurassic Park fans about dinosaurs
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The Science of Fiction

Meet the cosplaying paleontologist who teaches Jurassic Park fans about dinosaurs

An epidemiologist explains how science fiction has taught us—and misled us—about pandemics
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The Science of Fiction

An epidemiologist explains how science fiction has taught us—and misled us—about pandemics

An exclusive interview with Star Trek science advisor Erin MacDonald
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The Science of Fiction

An exclusive interview with Star Trek science advisor Erin MacDonald

Multiverse madness
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The Science of Fiction

Multiverse madness

Fake crystals with awesome powers
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The Science of Fiction

Fake crystals with awesome powers

An inside look at SimEnvironment,  Maxis' long-lost toxic waste simulator
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The Science of Fiction

An inside look at SimEnvironment, Maxis' long-lost toxic waste simulator

Mining the ocean is controversial. Could the Enterprise do it right?
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Mining the ocean is controversial. Could the Enterprise do it right?

What exactly is the 'Eye of Aldhani' in Andor?
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The Science of Fiction

What exactly is the 'Eye of Aldhani' in Andor?

The darkest form of environmentalism
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The Science of Fiction

The darkest form of environmentalism

A fantasy-themed bar brings the magic of chemistry to life
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The Science of Fiction

A fantasy-themed bar brings the magic of chemistry to life

How Star Trek changed NASA, helped save the whales, and more
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The Science of Fiction

How Star Trek changed NASA, helped save the whales, and more

Are hydrogen-hungry microbes everything the body needs?
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The Science of Fiction

Are hydrogen-hungry microbes everything the body needs?

How fungi can help feed future space colonies
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The Science of Fiction

How fungi can help feed future space colonies

A pan-African utopia in the stars
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The Science of Fiction

A pan-African utopia in the stars

The Godzilla science guide you didn't know you needed
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The Science of Fiction

The Godzilla science guide you didn't know you needed

What is Beskar really made of?
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The Science of Fiction

What is Beskar really made of?

The only Star Trek series that’s honest about technology
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The Science of Fiction

The only Star Trek series that’s honest about technology

What Leviathan Falls tells us about confronting existential threats
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The Science of Fiction

What Leviathan Falls tells us about confronting existential threats

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