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The cult sci-fi classic is reportedly the inspiration behind a new Web project backed by Blade Runner director Ridley Scott

Pentagon research firm DARPA have discovered a new way to radio-control insects using neural transmitters that trigger muscle changes within the insect. Watch the video of zombie insects being controlled here.

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Ever wondered which of your favourite Sci-fi films still holds up? Ian Thomson and Shaun Nichols looked at classics such as Jurrassic Park, War Games and The Matrix and found a few surprsies..

Fictional depictions such as these are startlingly accurate, since sci-fi has paved the way for our acceptance of each generation of robots. Capeks prophecies were fulfilled when robots made their fir

Space may be the final frontier, but forget sci-fi for a moment because, as Davey Winder explains, the science fact is far more impressive. If you think youve got it bad trying to keep yo

Does this bring us any closer to those sci-fi visions of brain-dumps and memory implants? Well, yes and no. Bionic systems to provide sight and hearing or to operate an artificial limb directly by tho

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