Futurescape with James Woods

By mapping neural pathways and decoding how thoughts are processed, scientists are reading minds with telepathy helmets and scanning hidden memories in ways that may put an end to privacy.

Cutting edge experiments have transformed machines into creatures with consciousness, and scientists are enhancing the human body with synthetic parts that work better than the real thing.

Advances in medical technology are now turning the process of aging into a mere manageable, chronic condition while rendering sickness into a thing of the past.

Scientific advances have given humans the ability to create life from scratch, a power once thought only reserved for a God-like entity. But as humans produce new species, this role may prove to be too great of a responsibility.

Modern-day explorers have embarked on a journey of discovery that eclipses any previous endeavor in history. Advances in technology have allowed humans to achieve only what science fiction writers once dreamed possible.

Science stands at the brink of unlocking our primal instincts. Advancements in genetic engineering may soon free humans from the limitations that have linked us to the rest of the animal world. Pain, fear, uncertainty and fraily may be things of the past.