Interstellar Marines combines its unique features with the highest quality in visuals and animation to deliver an experience unlike any other: a serious, well -
researched science fiction FPS that gives a realistic vision of what «first contact» might be like.
If well -
researched science fiction is your bag, season two of The Expanse is sure to thrill, confound, and delight in equal measure.
Not exact matches
Projecting the future, or future - casting, is the work of combining social
science,
research, technical data, economic trends and, yes, even
science fiction, to model a prediction of the future.
Research suggests this isn't crazy
science fiction with studies showing that awe has a powerful impact on us, boosting kindness and well - being.
Burk Sharpless: The philosophy for when we were coming up with this particular
science fiction story is that we were very interested in
science and
research and an experience rooted in realism and authenticity.
Since then, a
research company called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)-- unaffiliated with Musk or any of his other companies and ventures — is right on track to making
science -
fiction legit
science by building an actual test track for the technology in California.
Yet despite its high public visibility and near - ubiquity in blockbuster Hollywood
science fiction, throughout most of its 55 - year history SETI has languished on the fringes of scientific
research, garnering relatively scant funding and only small amounts of dedicated observation time on world - class telescopes.
More important than any piece of scientific
research is the collection of fearsome
science -
fiction scenarios that comprise its implications.
The show's fantasy may inspire scientists to seek out new
research directions, said
science fiction writer Frederik Pohl.
While the work of Markovic and his colleagues «may well be
science fiction at this point,» Parvizi says, «their
research will definitely push the envelope, and all of us will benefit from it.»
It may sound like
science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude oil, thanks to new
research at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
This
research aims to make a link between
science fiction and pioneering basic
research.
In
science fiction stories with such hybrids, a big part of the plot is the resultant ethical gray area: There are certain standards for animal
research, and much stricter standards for human
research.
The ability to grow a new limb may seem like something straight out of
science fiction, but new
research shows exactly how animals like salamanders and zebrafish perform this stunning feat — and how humans may share the biological machinery that lets them do it.
Most people thought it would remain in this aspirational realm for a while longer, but thanks to recent
research by Brown University neuroscientist Takeo Watanabe, what has long been
science fiction may soon become
science fact.
Targeting conclusions that are closer to
fiction than
science, both Fine and Jordan - Young highlight exaggerations, unreplicated claims, and other silliness from
research on neurological differences between the human sexes.
Ruelle described the results of this
research in a paper «Deterministic chaos: The
science and
fiction», which he delivered to the first conference on chaos in Australia.
While such a «study it all» approach is not novel (e.g., NSF Long Term Ecological
Research sites), it has remained
science fiction until technology and informatics became enabling.
Sounds like
science fiction, but new
research in an animal model of hemophilia suggests that it can work - and now HD researchers are on the case.
Stepping inside the pristine education and
research space at the Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education (MITIE) is akin to walking on the set of a
science fiction film.
[Response: Maybe someday, but until then, what you're proposing is just
science fiction — and not especially of the well -
researched type either.
The problem with the film isn't in its placement in the realm of
science fiction films as much as its placement in the real world, where the plot necessitates a triple - jump for every leap in logic to get us from point A to Z. For instance, the film pushes forward the notion that scientists don't give any thought or
research whatsoever to the ramifications of their inventions before unleashing them on the world at large.
This, of course, is the stuff of
science fiction novels, not
research - based school policies.
Considering that genre
fiction is thought to sell so much more readily than literary, I'm always surprised at the vehemence with which some people will describe literary
fiction as boring and «pretentious» — as if vampires prancing around in ill -
researched period costumes aren't pretentious in their own fashion; as if utterly implausible
science fiction isn't a form of pretension at warp speed.
Research and compile «25 greatest heroines of contemporary dystopian romance» or «30 amazing
science fiction inventions that are now a reality.»
Kevin's love for history, archeology, and
science has been a tremendous source a material for his writing, feeding his
fiction and giving him just the excuse he needs to read the next article, biography, or
research paper.
- School Library Journal «Bestselling
science -
fiction author Grant did his
research... but the odd and likely unintended consequence of his premise is the erasure of thousands of military women who historically served and fought and died.
As Susan Stepney notes in the article «The real
science of
science fiction,» published on The Guardian, a lot of SF writers have arts and humanities backgrounds, and make up for a possible lack of formal technical training by doing
research:
The
science behind this story is not
fiction, but based on current
research.
The author of two books — Read On... Fantasy
Fiction and Fellowship in a Ring: A Guide for
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Groups — he has also contributed chapters on readers» advisory to the Jessica Moyer - edited
Research - Based Readers» Advisory and the Diane Zabel - edited Reference Reborn: Breathing New Life into Public Services Librarianship.
Don't leave gray areas in the open, do your
research and learn a lot about your
science in
science fiction, even if it is in order to write one line.
The list of over 350 free classic
science fiction novels and stories took quite a bit of
research to put together.
Science fiction is like any other type of self - published work; marketing the book starts with
research.
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The authors will reveal the depth of their
research for historical
fiction (Rebecca Behrens, «The Last Grand Adventure»); for
science / nature study (Jo Hackl, «Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe»); and about political and social change (Sara Holbrook, «Enemy»).
It's modest — but should it realise its potential, this work - in - progress open - source project could become the fully - customisable space sandbox we've always wanted, as it blends real life
research with
science fiction to great effect.
XCOM enemy unknown, a
science fiction turn - based strategy game, allows players to control the fate of the human race by creating and managing a fully operational base,
researching alien technologies, planning combat missions and controlling soldier movement in battles.
The Pit is a
science fiction roguelike set in an underground
research facility, and the title's first expansion, Mind Games, was released on July 3, 2013.
It can be argued, in fact, that technology follows
science -
fiction and art, deeply influencing people in their formative years and beyond, and ultimately influencing the direction of
research and inquiry in the field.
This richly illustrated catalogue includes essays by Glenn Adamson, author of The Craft Reader and Deputy Head of
Research and Head of Graduate Studies, Victoria Albert Museum; Britt Salvesen, Department Head and Curator, Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art;
science fiction author William Gibson; and Julie Joyce, AICA - USA member and Santa Barbara Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art.
During her
research for the project, Laing also watched
science -
fiction films of aliens or mutants infesting the human race, noting similarities in the way in which man - made suburbia infests and spreads across the natural landscape.
The works can be seen as a form of
science —
fiction; partly based on facts and
research but often brought into the realm of
fiction, abstraction and speculation.
The first issue, Pierre's, interweaves Pierre's Huyghe's recent work and
research interests, covering topics as varied as genetic engineering, new realist philosophy and the
science fiction of Philip K. Dick.
It feels like something straight out of a
science fiction film: The room is lined with wallpaper depicting genetically modified biological matter, each with a label detailing its
research motivation; nearby, a tank houses glowing fish, «the first GM organism sold as a pet.»
Rooted in architecture and sculpture, Michael Rakowitz's
research - based practice commonly employs references to archaeology, popular culture and
science fiction to humorously tease open the complex social, political and cultural relationships between the East and West.
Part academic lecture, part
science fiction story, Thin Air highlights the legacy and little known
research of 1970s Leeds Polytechnic student Alan Smithson.
In working to conceptualize information theory and connect forms of interdisciplinary knowledge through artistic practice, Gregorio uses conversations with Theoretical Cosmologists,
Science Fiction Writers, and Experimental Musicians, as
research for his ongoing body of work.
Daniel J Glendening is an artist and maker of
science fictions, and a founding member of the artist - led paranormal
research team GWC, Investigators.
Black metal, horror films,
science fiction, scientific
research, and magical realism are all influences; pulling the viewer into a speculative new world.»