Simon Fraser University is offering a new class this fall about the science behind science fiction and how that science can be — in the words of one famous character — "highly illogical." The course's ...

Science fiction can be valuable in the broader communication ecosystem, bringing science to the public and offering scientists a space to exercise imagination. Science communication is increasingly ...

Since early last year, I’ve been slowly making my way through a fascinating little book. It’s called The World According To Physics, a handsome little hardcover volume written by British physicist and ...

Robert Lambourne, Michael Shallis, and Michael Shortland. Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction. Bristol, UK: Adam Hilger, 1990. NY: American Institute of ...

Columnist Eviana Williams argues that science fiction movies spark students’ interests in STEM and desires to pursue careers ...

Carl Kears, Lecturer in Old and Middle English before 1400, King's College London and James Paz, Lecturer in Early Medieval Literature, University of Manchester These are just some of the science ...

In the realm of human imagination, the boundaries between fiction and reality have often blurred, giving rise to remarkable technological leaps. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please ...

Dragons, elves and wizards have little to do with starships, cyberspace, and time travel, but somehow, whether it’s on book store and library shelves — or at the upcoming International Festival of ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

Science fiction may seem resolutely modern, but the genre could actually be considered hundreds of years old. There are the alien green “children of Woolpit”, who appeared in 12th-century Suffolk and ...