Tech companies are claiming machines more intelligent than us and capable of having their own agendas are just around the ...

Every generation grows up with starships that jump across galaxies in a heartbeat, but the real universe is far less ...

Wormholes are one of science fiction’s favourite cheats. Need characters to cross impossible distances? Skip years of travel?

Europe is looking to send up a terawatt belt into space. It would involve satellites covered in solar panels that would ...

It takes a dreamer to think outside the box, imagine something impossible, and conjure up uses for an object previously undreamt. Artists and authors have created unbelievable situations in their ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the 1991 film "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," a malevolent time-traveling and shape-shifting android called T-1000 that was made of liquid metal demonstrated a unique quality.

Red Dwarf is both a profound science fiction series on par with Star Trek, and a classic British sitcom on par with Only ...

The orbits of a trio of stars can be so chaotic that it’s impossible to precisely calculate the stars’ future trajectories. That’s the real science behind the name of the hit Netflix show, 3 Body ...

Mike Ryder does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Some years are better than others for readers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. The last genuine blockbuster year was probably 2015, which gave us N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, Ken Liu’s The ...

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