Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures. Writers may find the future appealing precisely because it can’t be known, a black box ...

Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic.

At the 1976 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Saint Louis, MO, where Robert Heinlein was the guest of honor, I was able to get his autograph on some of his books and even rode on an ...

In a universe where time is the ultimate frontier, science fiction series on Netflix take viewers beyond reality. From ...

Duncan McCourt, CEO of Sustainable Aviation, points out that when burned, it emits the carbon. That means it’s entirely net ...

Throughout the history of science fiction cinema, people have looked at the screen with the hope of learning what the world ...

With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient ...

One of science fiction’s preeminent preoccupations, the settlement, and eventual terraforming, of Mars has been a part of the futurist outlook since Ray Bradbury’s novel on the idea in the 1950s.