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Aug 22, 2019
How predicting the future shifted from fiction to fact—and what we lost along the way
Consider the brain in a vat.
Jun 26, 2014
What Will Wisconsin Look Like In The Future?
The "Yahara 2070" project uses science and storytelling to explore four possible scenarios.
Oct 27, 2012
This Week In The Future: Turn On And Tune Out With Robots, Dinosaurs, And Puppies
In the future, a strange entertainment cube will cause us to hallucinate yawning puppies and T-rexes. (The tightrope-walking robots on TV will be real, though.)
Oct 20, 2012
Will The City Of The Future Look As Insane As This?
An all-star team of speculators--scientists, futurists, artists, and more--is premiering an exhibit on the city of the future at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. Here's a look.
Nov 24, 2009
Future Then Video: Braniff Goes Supersonic
What the "future" of supersonic air travel looked like in 1975
May 14, 2009
Is Warp Speed Possible? We Ask a String Theorist
PopSci talks to futurist Michio Kaku about the (not necessarily) impossible physics of Star Trek
