Mystery Weapons

How cutting-edge breakthroughs may bring the science-fiction of death rays, laser beams and force field technology to life, and the implications of such advances.

At leading universities and covert government labs, robots are now being developed in man's image. As in the Terminator movies, these cyborgs boast superhuman strength and may eventually be able to make decisions and even kill on their own.

The power to use tornados, hurricanes and the deadliest weather as weapons of war. Reports suggest that in the future hurricanes, earthquakes and even tsunamis could be turned into some of the most powerful and plausibly deniable weapons of mass destruction the world has ever seen.