As a kid, did you dream of Penny’s computer book from Inspector Gadget—and now you’ve got an iPad? Or wish you could just ask questions aloud or make commands and have them happen—and now you’re pining for Google Glass? Or hope for a day when you could send a “fax from the beach”—and you can actually just send an email from your smartphone? In many ways, the unthinkable is actually becoming the reality, as…

Pet cloning is a pretty controversial practice, requiring $50,000 – $150,000, dozens of dogs living in questionable laboratory care, and—some say—the naiveté of heartbroken pet owners missing their loved ones. But it’s an amazing feat of science and, hey, isn’t it impressive that there have been enough pet clones that we can even have a “best of” list? Plenty have chosen to to fork over the funds and gotten little facsimiles of their faithful…

This weekend, BBC America’s brand new Supernatural Saturday block kicks off with Doctor Who, The Nerdist and the new original series, ORPHAN BLACK. To get in the mood, here are some of the most “what just happened” moments we all had when watching these supernatural television and film. (Warning: There are spoilers!) THE MATRIX: The 1999 film from the Wachowskis shattered the science-fiction and action genres, taking audiences and the main character, Neo, down…

In BBC America’s brand new Supernatural Saturday series ORPHAN BLACK, street-smart Sarah thinks her problems will be solved by assuming a rich woman’s identity. But as these real-life characters show—and as Sarah soon finds out—your past always catches up with you: CLARK ROCKEFELLER This average man with the above-average name might still be living his assumed life if he hadn’t kidnapped his daughter from his ex-wife in 2008. Soon, the FBI, Coast Guard and…

Since 1952 and the hatching of 27 tadpoles, cloning has been more than science fiction. It might not be in the news as much as it was with the birth of Dolly the Finn-Dorset sheep, but that doesn’t mean researchers haven’t been making huge (and adorable) strides in the science of reproductive cloning. The timeline below has some of the standout moments in the past 60 years of cloning research. Cows that produce human…