... are making, a more positive and realistic story should be told; Modern scientists have the tools to create a world where abundant energy, unlimited water, and cure for deadly diseases isn't just fiction. Exemplified in Graphene energy development, where batteries are able charge to seventy percent in just five minutes, in Graphene water filtration, where small punctures in Graphene sheets are eliminating contaminants ... ...

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"Gattaca" is a science fiction film directed by Andrew Niccol and released in 1997. Many themes and subjects are d iscussed and explored including genetic engineering, social eugenics and the social status an individual receives based ... ...

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... new technology of designer babies allows for the enhancing and/or customization of genes. It is truly frightening that just a short time ago the idea of designer babies was science fiction and it now is a reality prospective parents must consider when planning for a child. The ability to choose the characteristics of an unborn human being seems unnatural, but is this so ... ...

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For nearly a century, cloning has been the subject of popular fiction even though the technology was lacking in reality. Recently, with the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep, many suspect that clones of humans or human parts will soon be realized- ... ...

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... of the first whole mammal with Dolly the Sheep, for the first time the cloning a whole human being seems really possible. For years, clones have been the subjects of popular fiction, but the technology was lacking. Now the ethics of doing so must be carefully considered. While almost all world health and religious bodies are coming out in opposition to the ... ...

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... of the first whole mammal with Dolly the Sheep, for the first time the cloning a whole human being seems really possible. For years, clones have been the subject of popular fiction, but the technology was lacking. Now the ethics of doing so must be carefully considered. While almost all world health and religious bodies are coming out in opposition to the ... ...

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... opposed to the technological side of this issue. Producing human beings through the process of cloning would not lead to a "carbon copy", the stereotypical description seen in a creation of science fiction. The cloned person would be more like a delayed identical twin. Thus, a clone would be a separate person from his/her coexistent twin just like identical twins are two separate people biologically ... ...

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... did not meet its end in a bloody war, that engulfed whole continents in flame, nor did it meet its end at the hands of an unstoppable plague as many science fiction writers had predicted. The human race became far too advanced to continue its existence as a wasteful, and inefficient society on planet earth. Terra could hardly handle a population of ten million ... ...

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