Something seems off. At a glance, life on Earth continues as it always has. People walk the streets, do their jobs, and spend ...

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance ...

Short fiction is a wordful format. Many writing classes for kids and college students exclusively study short stories because ...

The science fiction and fantasy author Martha Wells recommends her favorite novels that will transport you to other worlds.

In honor of the live-action 'Lilo & Stitch', we look back at 12 extra-terrestrials who came in peace. Aliens tend to fall into two distinct camps: those who want to zap us with lasers, and those who ...

In space a successfully navigated craft must not only reach its intended destination, but must arrive there at the right time for rendezvous, and with a suitable velocity vector. Power limitations ...

In Pip Adam’s extraordinary, humane book Audition, the stars are both a dystopian place and a site of uncharted possibility.