25 years ago, The Matrix led a mini movement of sci-fi simulation thrillers From The Matrix to eXistenZ to The Thirteenth Floor, 1999 was an unusually robust year for sci-fi movies that put the world inside a computer. 05/1/2024 - 4:29 am | View Link
Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and even respond to their environment. These solid "engineered living materials" are made by embedding ... 05/1/2024 - 2:42 am | View Link
Crafting Programmable Living Materials With Synthetic Biology & 3D Printing New study uses 3D printing and genetically modified plant cells to create complex, self-repairing materials that could revolutionize biomanufacturing and construction. Scientists are harnessing cells ... 05/1/2024 - 12:59 am | View Link
Review: In ‘Real Americans,’ Rachel Khong uses identity as an entry into science fiction Who gets to be considered “a real American,” and how does that label shift based on the identity of the beholder? While reading Rachel Khong’s ambitious second novel, “Real Americans,” finding answers ... 04/28/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Top physicist publishes 'evidence' that we're living in a computer simulation The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very room." So says Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus in sci-fi classic ‘The Matrix’ as he offers Keanu Reeves’s Neo the choice to find out ... 04/20/2024 - 9:06 pm | View Link