ABC's new serial drama slips the world a roofie and keeps it company
By Heather Havrilesky Sep 18, 2009
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They get a 9 for pomp and spectacle, but only a 3 for furthering world understanding and a 2 for the fan experience.
By John Krich
August 25, 2008
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Science fiction promised us a tomorrowland of jetpacks, Smell-O-Vision and male mammary implants. So what happened?
By Simon Reynolds
May 12, 2007
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Kevin Brockmeier's entrancing, eerie second novel makes death seem rather appealing.
By Laura Miller
February 13, 2006
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Craig Ferguson contemplates the Pluto probe.
By H.H.
January 18, 2006
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Thanks to nanotechnology, he'll be a lethal superman who can heal himself.
By Alan H. Goldstein
October 20, 2005
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My sister died at 50-- how can I plan for anything if life is so capricious?
By Cary Tennis
October 13, 2005
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Nader (NAY-dur) n. Low point, as of a celestial body that has declined from an exalted height.
By Evan Eisenberg
October 12, 2004
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Famed physicist Stephen Hawking tackles the predictability of the future and flaws of astrology in an excerpt from his book "The Universe in a Nutshell."
Read by Simon Prebble
June 3, 2002
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James Gleick -- Faster
By James Gleick
October 5, 2000
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Cloudy crystal-balling: When techno-predictions go awry.
By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau
February 12, 2000
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Medical scientists predict technologies such as animal-to-human organ transplants and toilets that send info to your doctor.
By Jon Bowen
November 17, 1999
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A new romance service offers professional daters who will chat, flirt and tear you apart for a fee.
By Denise Dowling
November 6, 1999
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At the turn of the millennium, Kathleen Krull's "They Saw the Future" gives kids a look at futures past.
By Polly Shulman
June 22, 1999
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Forget your computer -- worry about the wacko down the street.
By Paul Saffo
May 18, 1999
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Director Gary Ross fetishizes the '50s in this high-concept parable about the dangers of conformity.
By Charles Taylor
October 23, 1998
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Instead of predicting future technologies, Disney's updated playground opts for the predictable.
By Janelle Brown
May 28, 1998
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Richard Gehr reviews "Playing The Future: How Kids' Culture Can Teach Us
to Thrive in an Age of Chaos" by Douglas Rushkoff.
By Richard Gehr
June 24, 1996
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