My favorite kind of science fiction involves stories rooted in real science — much as I love a good lightsaber or phaser fight, there is something special about seeing characters wrestle with concepts ...

Last week, Netflix released its adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning sci-fi book The 3 Body Problem by Cixin Liu. It follows the journey of several scientists, from the Chinese Cultural Revolution to ...

Netflix's "3 Body Problem" is based on a science-fiction trilogy and follows a group of physicists. We asked an astronomer and an aerospace engineer to explain some of the show's scientific concepts.

To the editor: What has science given us (“The true cost of abandoning science,” Aug. 6)? The Haber-Bosch process that makes enough nitrogen fertilizer to feed half the world. Smallpox and polio ...

A poster-size version of the front page of the very first issue of this magazine hangs in the lobby of Springer Nature’s New York City office. I walk past it multiple times a day, and one line of text ...

To watch Game of Thrones you needed, at times, access to several family trees and photographic reminders of how each grisly British actor fit into the wider story. (So! Many! Greyjoys!) 3 Body Problem ...

The new Netflix series brings to life a sprawling, successful Chinese novel outlining a new kind of alien invasion. Above, Zine Tseng in 3 Body Problem. My favorite kind of science fiction involves ...