Since the Dawn of Man, the human race has looked to the stars. Our earliest civilizations created entire religions and myths based upon the cosmos, telling tales of powerful beings that shaped our world and ruled from above. The tales of our ancestors are the roots of modern science fiction; stories that struggle to comprehend […]

Kubrick’s classic is considered by many rocket scientists to be one of the most scientifically accurate films of all time. Every detail is nailed; the oppressive silence of space, the soundless movement of spacecraft, the positioning of Earth’s satellites, the centrifugal force used aboard the Discovery One. Even the astronaut’s systematical and deliberate approach to […]

This is one of those “I wish it weren’t here” entries. The fact that 1971’s Andromeda Strain is considered scientifically accurate and even remotely plausible should scare the living hell outta you. The premise is simple: US government uses a satellite to capture what they believe to be an extraterrestrial virus, said satellite crashes into […]

No, this entry isn’t here because of the Replicants, so relax. I don’t think that we’ll be engineering (or hunting) synthetic humans anytime soon. Nor do I believe that we’ll discover a way to genetically engineer and implant false memories in the human brain. Although now that you mention it, that would be preeeetty sweet. […]

While the Neo-Nazi inspired society of Gattaca hasn’t come to pass, some of the science that drives the movie already has. Don’t worry, geneticists aren’t inspecting every human embryo, removing undesirable traits and creating the “master race”. They are, however, able to make genetic modifications to living tissue and enhance traits for strength, intelligence, and […]

Nearly 20 years after its big screen debut, Contact is still regarded as one of the most complete and accurate science fiction films ever made. It makes sense, seeing as the book that inspired it was penned by none other than the beloved Carl Sagan. Jodie Foster’s attempts to find extraterrestrial life via radio signals […]

“[Deep Impact is] almost a lesson,” said NASA astronaut Tom Jones. “To find a movie that was accurate to asteroid physics was a nice surprise.” Hey, if a real-life Space Cowboy says it’s on par, it’s getting put on the list. It gets the nod here for a few other reasons, too. First, the whole […]

Japanese scientists and renowned criminologists have recently announced that they are very, very close to perfecting the PreCrime technology – PreCogs and all – seen in Minority Report. Totally kidding, but you should still click the link. Steven Spielberg’s 2002 futuristic crime drama displayed some pretty advanced technology – it was, after all, based in […]

Probably not one you expected to see here, eh? Believe it or not, Spike Jonze’s 2013 RomCom / Sci-Fi mashup is based around (and rooted in) entirely plausible speculative science. A fully self-aware and sentient AI is no new plot device, but Jonze’s vision and story introduces quite a bit of technology that is (surprisingly) […]

The final act of Interstellar was, for lack of a better way to put it, total shite. There’s just no denying that. Before the whole “strange Limbo Bookcase” thing, however, the film was ripe with jaw-dropping intergalactic visuals and engrossing storylines.  More importantly, Christopher Nolan’s 2014 space blockbuster featured some of the most realistic and […]