" Deadpool had just come out... so what does David [Fincher] do? David calls and says, 'OK, so we’re going to use your ...

The prolific author offers some clever spins on time travel and simulation theory in Tailored Realities At the tail end of 2025, Brandon Sanderson left his massive Cosmere fantasy universe behind for ...

Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.

More than 50 years before ChatGPT could tell you what to cook for dinner, a 1968 science fiction film was shaping how we think about machines that talk to us. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, a Jupiter-bound ...

For years, sci-fi shows have depicted futuristic computers with shapeshifting screens that can fold or expand depending on the situation. Now, Samsung is banking on that concept to try to steer the ...

We are approaching the Gregorian New Year, and it’s a great time to ponder what’s coming next. Are we about to use CRISPR to grow wings? Will we all be uploading our brains to the Amazon cloud? Should ...

Some classic science fiction movies made sweeping predictions for the future. In some cases, those predictions never came to pass, but in others, the movies were strikingly on point. Predictions about ...

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So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

In this episode of Space Minds, Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust moderates a panel at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next installment of the Center’s Discovery Series. The panel ...

In this month’s picks, there is cloud busting in Peru, a shadowy astronaut drama, doomsday preppers in New Zealand and more. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Rent or buy it on most major platforms. The first ...

If you were a fan of the original, you’ll want to try Ark 2 when it finally makes its debut in the marketplace. Regardless, you’ll find yourself on a strange world full of contradictions Such as ...