Julie Gould is a freelance journalist in London, and produces the Nature Careers Podcast. In the first episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series, Julie Gould explores the history of ...

SCI-FI WORLD: The Experience, a new museum in Santa Monica, CA will display the bridge from the Star Trek 1966 Original Series set, with statues of the crew. George Takei, "Sulu" from the original ...

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Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. Science fiction has historically been considered a niche genre, one in which far-flung scenarios ...

It seems we’re using science fiction as a roadmap to make our dreams, and more often nightmares, come true. Why is it that we manufacture a nightmarish future and refuse to heed the warnings so ...

Science fiction has an uncanny ability to predict the future. In its pages or on the screen, sci-fi, from the time of Jules Verne onward, has envisioned technological advances, societal ...

So, in no particular order, here they are: New Scientist’s favourite science fiction books of all time. We’d love to hear from readers, too, about your own favourite sci-fi. Join the conversation on ...

Science fiction literature has captured readers’ attention for hundreds of years. Who doesn’t imagine what happens up in the stars, or if life might exist beyond our planet? Sci-fi stories, in many ...

Sometimes, the science fiction and fantasy genres combine well, as classics like Star Wars, Time Bandits, and Nausicaä of the ...

Science fiction did not come about by chance; rather, it was shaped by the minds of writers who went beyond what human minds were capable of imagining and explored what science meant for mankind. Even ...