These science cartoons depict our terrifying and thrilling future

The future is both thrilling and terrifying. It's normal to feel both. For every aspect of life in which technology could play a role, it's not hard to envision a doomsday scenario (or two) arising from it. When considering the fate of humanity, keen insight, inference, and humor go a long way. That's what science-communicating husband and wife Zach and Kelly Weinersmith had in mind when they penned their new book SOONISH: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and / or Ruin Everything. Zach is a cartoonist best known best for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, and Kelly is a biologist at Rice University in Houston, Texas.