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Science Not Fiction

Kyle Munkittrick

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What Would Humanity Be Like Without Aging?

Science Not Fiction | September 9th, 2011 in Aging (or Not), Biology, Books, Philosophy | 26 Comments »

The Human Future Remains Unchosen: An Exegesis of Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Science Not Fiction | September 1st, 2011 in Biology, Codex Futurius, Cyborgs, Transhumanism, Video Games | 6 Comments »

Is The Era of Neuroprosthetic Augmentation Really Just 20 Years Away?

Science Not Fiction | August 16th, 2011 in Biotech, Cyborgs, Neuroscience, Transhumanism, Video Games | 4 Comments »

“I Would Hope That Saner Minds Would Prevail” Deus Ex: Human Revolution Lead Writer Mary DeMarle on the Ethics of Transhumanism

Science Not Fiction | August 12th, 2011 in Codex Futurius, Cyborgs, Transhumanism, Video Games | 6 Comments »

Rise of the Apes: We Must Care for the Minds We Create

Science Not Fiction | August 5th, 2011 in Apocalypse, Genetics, Movies, Philosophy | 8 Comments »

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Animal Enhancement as a Tool of Liberation

Science Not Fiction | August 3rd, 2011 in Apocalypse, Biotech, Genetics, Movies, Neuroscience, Transhumanism | 14 Comments »

Captain America Gets Enhancement Right

Science Not Fiction | July 23rd, 2011 in Biotech, Comics, Transhumanism | 9 Comments »

When Will We Be Transhuman? Seven Conditions for Attaining Transhumanism

Science Not Fiction | July 16th, 2011 in Aging (or Not), Artificial Intelligence, Codex Futurius, Cyborgs, Genetics, Transhumanism | 96 Comments »

The Only Sci-Fi Explanation of Hominid Aliens that Makes Scientific Sense

Science Not Fiction | July 12th, 2011 in Aliens, Biology, Philosophy, Utter Nerd | 66 Comments »

Stem Cells and Synthetic Scaffolds Save Man from Tracheal Cancer

Science Not Fiction | July 8th, 2011 in Biotech, Medicine | 3 Comments »

About Science Not Fiction

Sometime in the future, a group of renegade scientists and technologists will take a time machine to now. They're spilling the secrets of tomorrow here at Discover's Science Not Fiction blog.

▪ Malcolm MacIver is a bioengineer at Northwestern University who studies the neural and biomechanical basis of animal intelligence. He consults for sci-fi films (Tron Legacy, Joss Whedon's The Avengers), and was the science advisor for Caprica. He covers AI and robotics for Science Not Fiction.
▪ Kyle Munkittrick (Web, Twitter) is program director at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. He covers transhumanism.
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