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SCIENCE FICTION









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Mind reading used to belong to the realms of sci-fi books and comic strips. But in 2011, a team of scientists from UC Berkeley discovered a way to construct YouTube videos from a viewer’s brain activity.

DeAnna Kerley


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Back in 1638, clergyman John Wilkins wrote an entire science fiction book devoted to the prospect of a lunar voyage. Since Wilkins’ radical proposal, many others have followed in his footsteps by dreaming of ways we could live on the moon.

DeAnna Kerley


Sony Pictures

Elysium, director Neill Blomkamp’s follow up to District 9, hits theaters today. Here are a few things to know about the film.

Erin McCarthy