posthumanity

Madeline Ashby took all the conventions of “artificial life form” novels and shredded them with her novel vN and its…

The Pentagon's already got brain-controlled prosthetics, and they are a major improvement over old-school artificial…

Britain's National Archives has created an amazing online collection of "public information films," or what we in…

Biotechnology now outpaces the bodies we were born with. Today, we can give ourselves additional senses or improve…

Call it a silent killer: some 6 percent of the U.S. population has some kind of voice disorder, most of those…

Ever wonder how we're going to create humans who can breathe underwater? Of course you do. Now a study published…

If you read any science fiction or futurism, you've probably heard people using the term "singularity" to describe…

NASA's Human Research Program is all about risk reduction, finding ways to counter fatigue and mitigate radiation…

Tibetans handle high altitudes much better than most people. New research pinpoints the genes that allow them to…

A one-time intelligence analyst with the Pentagon, Aimee Mullins is an athlete, model, and activist. And she does…

If you read any science fiction or futurism, you've probably heard people using the term "singularity" to describe…

J. Hughes is the executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a professor at Trinity…

So apparently there's tritium leaking into one of New Jersey's main aquifers. As a proud Garden Stater, I have no…

In Larry Clark's 2002 Teenage Caveman, a virus wipes out humanity, leaving only scattered human tribes and teenage…

Selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009, Jamais Cascio is a futurist who…

Berlin gynecologist Dr. Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) was a titan of anatomical illustration thanks to his imaginative…

Canadian geek artist Steve Mann has augmented his vision with wearable computers for most of his life. He invented…

Do you feel exhausted after a couple of drinks? Need constant Red Bull infusions to make it out of the bar? You…

Iron Man's suit isn't as science fictional as you might think. Most of its components exist right now in research…

People have long imagined automatons for society's drudge work. The possibility and its implications are among…