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Science-fiction movies may reflect widespread fears about new technologies at a given moment—and then the public’s engagement with those films may be fed back into the scientific discourse.

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Perseverance is leading us to the future on Mars. But what will it be like when we live there for real? From 'Star Trek' to 'Total Recall,' here are the best Martian cities in science fiction.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In 1950, a U.S. Army psyops officer named Paul Linebarger used a pseudonym to publish a science-fiction story titled “Scanners Live in Vain” in a pulp ...

There are great science-fiction movies. There are bad science-fiction movies. And then there are the science-fiction movies that never get the credit they deserve...until now. Our list is here to ...

August is another great month for science fiction fans, whatever your taste. You can take a journey to the multiverse courtesy of the award-winning Lauren Beukes or enjoy a sci-fi take on the ...

Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction.

The 9th annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium, hosted by CUNY's New York City College of Technology, will have a special focus on artificial intelligence. The event is free and open to the ...

As a science fiction writer, Butler forged a new path and envisioned bold possibilities. On the eve of a major revival of her work, this is the story of how she came to see a future that is now ...