In 50-odd science fiction magazines, space travel is a favorite theme. Eight comic strips and at least two TV programs are flying through space. “Scientific” space books are brisk sellers.

While they might seem like pure science fiction, space habitats have been treated as a serious subject of study by academics for a long time. Back in 1975, NASA’s Ames Research Center and Stanford ...

Across the U.S., a superior science-fiction movie called 2001: A Space Odyssey is playing to packed houses. An engrossing novel expanded from the movie's screenplay and a new nonfiction book ...

This August, the magazine published its first issue, “The Great Reversal.” “The entirety of Cortex is a big thought experiment,” said Feng, who now serves as Cortex’s editor-in-chief. Feng’s interest ...