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What science, technology, astronomical bodies, energy sources or engineering projects truly cannot exist in the universe?

I just read that a Rod from God or Kinetic Kill Vehicle may not be as destructive as science fiction predicted it would be. Are there any speculative things that have been decided to not work as we think we would?

I know futurism can get things wrong in terms of predictions like how we thought we would all be driving flying cars and powering everything with nuclear BUT I was wondering if a futurist or theoretical physicists predicted something in science or nature; a process or mechanism that was proven to no...

A black swan is a complete unknown that nobody could predict; so basically it is a futurists worst nightmare. I recently learned that a grey swan is something like climate change. We don’t know exactly what will happen but we can say with some certainty that every new year will be the next hottest y...

For me, it was Virtual reality. When I was a kid; I wanted to play in something like the Matrix. When Oculus Rift emerged a few years ago; it was overpriced and overhyped. It was nothing like I wanted. I played Vader Immortal at a Dave and Busters and it was fun sure, but it isn’t true VR; at least ...

Robert Boyle was a famous chemist and perhaps the first real futurist! He made a list of things he hoped science would one day achieve and I think most of what he wanted came true. He writes in Old English so some of what he says, however, may be interpreted differently by someone in the 21st centur...

Scientists finally created a 2D Supersolid! There existence has been predicted since the 60’s and now we have them. The scientists who created it don’t really know what it could be used for as it’s so much in the infancy stages, it’s practically a zygote. As an aspiring futurist, I was wondering if ...

I’m trying to write a Star Wars story about someone who figures out a way to travel FTL between galaxies. Hyperspace doesn’t work in the Intergalactic Void, and there is a hyperspace disturbance at the edge of the galaxy blocking travel anyway. I was trying to think of an alternative method of trave...

I am very interested in the science of neural implants for improving memory. I already have an excellent memory but would always like to improve it further. However it occurs to me that there is a difference between augmenting existing memory retention and storage AND restoring lost memories due to ...

Oh, so you believe technological advancement will come to an end someday?