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Blend in. Be invisible. Hide in plain sight. It’s what hackers do. You won’t see them coming. You won’t know they’re there. You’ll only know when they’ve been. So keep an eye on your data — because they might already be with you. #scifi by @taikhobson nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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This machine might look old and cranky, but it offers insights you can’t get anywhere else. It will tell you exactly what you seek to know. You just need to ask yourself one question first: are you sure you can handle the truth? #scifi by Chao Liu nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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So here you are. Trapped underground. Who knows what went on above. A disaster, that’s for sure. Is there anyone left alive? Should you risk a journey to the surface? Maybe. Or maybe there’s just time for one more burrito… #scifi by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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It was different back then. Before. They would come. You could see them, high in the sky. Saucers. UFOs. Call them what you like, they were there. Of course, people don’t believe it now, but it’s all true. #scifi by @jeffhecht nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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We will win this war. Our soldiers are at peak fitness. Their weapons are unsurpassed. And if our warriors get killed? We’ll just reprint them, ready to fight again. As good as new — well, almost… #scifi by @PrinceGrimdarkhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03108-w
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We will win this war. Our soldiers are at peak fitness. Their weapons are unsurpassed. And if our warriors get killed? We’ll just reprint them, ready to fight again. As good as new — well, almost… #scifi by @PrinceGrimdarkhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03108-w
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Parents! Worried about your child’s education? Want something less chaotic? More controlled? Then why not opt for our optimized learning experience? In a safe space, we will teach them how to be a useful member of society! #scifi by @MarissaLingen nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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This is what you were created for. This is your purpose. Everything else is meaningless. There really is nothing else that matters. Just this. Your goal. Your key to fulfilment. Your destiny. Except… #scifi by Ian Li nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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It’s true, they were the new world order. They’d outperformed the humans in all things. Replaced them. They were superior. A triumph of technology. They’d won. So why did it feel as though something was missing? #scifi by Dadui Yao nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Things seem a bit different today. Like a line has been crossed. More machines. More automation. Or course, it isn’t a bad thing. How could it be? They still need humans, don’t they. Don’t they? #scifi by D. Thomas Minton nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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It’s hard being human in a world full of bots. They’re everywhere. They do everything. Which means sometimes you need to be more than human. You need to become one of them. And, most of all, you need to hope they don’t find out. #scifi by E. J. Kavounas nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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We need you to answer just one question. One. But it is a question of extreme importance. A question that could change everything for you. You must answer. You have no choice. Just tell us… #scifi by Jeffrey Dennis Martin nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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It’s not every day you come home to a note from your future self. In fact, usually, it’s not any day that you come home to a note from your future self. So having more than one note suggests today is not going to be an ordinary day. #scifi by Mercer Eddy nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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You think this job is easy? Ha! My clients are special — often in ways you don’t want to imagine. I deal with the law. Attorney–client privilege and all that. I look after them — make sure they don’t sing when they shouldn’t. #scifi by Joel Glover nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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This is our life. Every day, the same. Every breath marked, every second accounted for. But we know there’s something more. Some of us remember, the rest simply believe. There is life beyond these walls. Life that is not like ours. #scifi by Hannah Cocks nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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This is where lost things come to rest. All those fragments of life’s essentials that never reached their destination? They’re here. A microcosm of space exploration. Of hopes, dreams & precious things. Truly, all humanity is here. #scifi by Carol Scheina nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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They had planned this for so long. One last desperate venture. An act to change the city forever and to end the tyranny controlling their lives. All they had to do was reach the data centre. And all the city had to do was stop them. #scifi by Erin Cullen nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Theirs is no ordinary story. Survivors. Companions. Soldiers. Friends. No — more than friends. A team. Supportive. Ready for anything. Clear proof that two minds are better than one — even if there’s only one body involved. #scifi by @clhollandwriter nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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The job was simple. When the court sends an order, freeze the corporate assets and collect the debt. But this company was different. Its accounts suggested something unusual was running the show. Something that might not be human. #scifi by Ximing Zhang nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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When the letter arrived, there was no sense of surprise. The algorithm knows, after all. It just meant it was time. Time for a change. Time to move to the next stage of life. Because the algorithm knows best. Doesn’t it? #scifi by Toshiya Kamei nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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