Why Netflix series Leila’s vision of a dystopic future is unconvincing

The timely themes of the adaptation of Prayaag Akbar’s novel are backed up neither by visual effects nor the production design.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jun 22, 2019 · 12:30 pm

From self-driving cars to robots: How artists in the 20th century visualised the future

Looking through the wild array of predictions, it’s easy to spot recognisable elements.

Darren Garrett

· Aug 25, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Scientists have designed a flux capacitator – but it won’t take us ‘Back to the Future’

Physicists have designed an electrical component that breaks time-reversal symmetry. Not quite the time machine from Hollywood, but it could have vital uses.

Thomas Stace, The Conversation

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Clemens Müller, The Conversation

· Jun 13, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Postcards from the future: Buses pulled by whales and rooms heated with radium

A group of artists working in France in 1899 set out to depict what they thought the future would look like a century later.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 10, 2015 · 02:30 pm

This video shows two visions of what the Earth may look like in the year 2045

Shubhra Dixit

· Oct 30, 2015 · 01:56 pm

Why the Konkan belt has become a hotspot for archaeologists

Over the past decade, archaeologists have uncovered a host of medieval Shilahara sites that present evidence of a long history of international trade on the Konkan.

Aarefa Johari

· May 04, 2014 · 08:30 am