Steven Taubman's handy infographic breaks down your chances of survival should you be caught in the middle of an Alien Vs. Predator film (although I wouldn't put a lot of stock in the "facehugger deflection via paper bag" technique).
Jules Vernes, Arthur C. Clarke et bien d’autres ont imaginé des mondes, des machines et des voyages fantastiques. Pourtant beaucoup de ce qui était de la science fiction à l‘époque est devenu réalité aujourd’hui.
I’ve compiled a list of weapons technologies at our disposal today (and by our I mean advanced governments like America and England, not places like Botswana and the Congo) that were once bird-brained ideas, ridiculed for their far-fetchedness.