In H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, the Time Traveller discovers that humanity has diverged into two species. Which group lives underground and maintains the machinery?
In The Invisible Man, Griffin becomes invisible by changing his body’s “refractive index” to match what?
In the 1999 film The Matrix, how do freed minds leave the simulation and return to the real world?
In the movie Interstellar, the protagonists visit a planet near a supermassive black hole where time passes much slower than on Earth. What real physics concept is this based on?
Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics” are designed to protect humans. According to the First Law, a robot may not injure a human or, through ____, allow a human to come to harm.
In the Star Wars universe, Han Solo famously claims the Millennium Falcon made the “Kessel Run” in less than 12 parsecs. In real-world physics, what does a parsec measure?
Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas featured the Nautilus, a highly advanced submarine. What was its primary power source, considered “futuristic” in 1870?
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor uses a specific scientific “spark” to animate his creature. What 18th-century scientific theory inspired this?
In Andy Weir’s The Martian, what specific chemical compound does Mark Watney burn to extract hydrogen and create water?
In Jurassic Park, the scientists “de-extinct” dinosaurs by extracting DNA from mosquitoes. Where was this DNA preserved for millions of years?