‘Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact’ Review: An Education in Exoplanets Researchers were surprised to find giant gas planets orbiting quite near to their stars.

Science fiction, in its most charitable and optimistic interpretations, can render concepts that most may not even dream of, creating entirely new avenues for thinking about the potential and limits ...

China Science Fiction Convention 2025 kicked off on Friday at Shougang Park in Beijing, attracting over 1,000 representatives from the fields of technology, science fiction literature, film and ...

In an interview, Annalee Newitz, the inaugural “creator-in-residence” of a new Yale series called “Sci X Sci-Fi,” explains how science fiction can help point the way to a thriving tomorrow.

Science fiction, with its new technologies and new societies, has a clear appeal for many of us, especially those with an interest in the study of science.

The story introduces a simulated gravitationless environment—a concept that, while seemingly futuristic, has roots in real-world scientific advancements and theories.

The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series.

Artificial intelligence's influence is reaching back into the realm where our notions about AI were born decades ago: science fiction.

Science fiction was once treated as a temperature check on the technological issues facing society and contemporary culture, filtered through aesthetics and aspirations. The furniture on display at ...

Decades before the current debates over gender and sexuality, the late Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre flipped the script.