Technically Fiction

  1. Health & Medicine

    What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers

    In 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day,' Peter Parker devises a superpower inhibitor based on a real therapy using RNA.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Neuroscience

    A photographic memory is wishful thinking

    In fiction, photographic memories crack the case or save the day. But our brains can’t hold on to everything — and that’s a good thing.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  3. Artificial Intelligence

    AI is not ready to fly solo in space

    In sci-fi, AI can navigate the unknowns and — ideally — keep human travelers safe. But it’s not intelligent enough to do that yet.