The orbits of a trio of stars can be so chaotic that it’s impossible to precisely calculate the stars’ future trajectories. That’s the real science behind the name of the hit Netflix show, 3 Body ...

Back to 1979. Political commissar Lei Zhi Cheng (Zhang Fan) had a secret program installed on the computer system and discovered a copy of the alien signal the base received. He confronts her and ...

I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called “Placet is a Crazy Place” by American science fiction writer Frederic Brown. In Brown’s story, Placet is a planet in a ...

CHENGDU, China — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the science fiction world was Chengdu, China. Fans traveled from around the world as Worldcon, sci-fi ’s biggest annual event, was held ...

Netflix's new series features one of the most complicated narratives our critic has seen on TV. But don't be thrown – things become clearer as the drama progresses and the characters pull you in. This ...

Netflix's epic sci-fi series, 3 Body Problem, is "nonsense" in terms of scientific plausibility, according to a scientist. Given how science fiction shows never promise to be scientifically accurate, ...

Wang Miao (Edward Zhang) believes the answers lie in the Three-Body Problem VR game. Shi Qiang (Yu He Wei) is still convinced Ye Wen JIe (Chen Jin) is still the key to the whole mystery and tells Wang ...

While Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem is one of my favorite science fiction books, it never seemed like something that should or even could be adapted into something like a movie or TV show. But ...

My favorite kind of science fiction involves stories rooted in real science — much as I love a good lightsaber or phaser fight, there is something special about seeing characters wrestle with concepts ...

Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer who writes about TV, movies, and has a particular interest in the horror genre. She has a Political Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of ...

Since Game of Thrones left the air, TV execs and fans have waited to see what its showrunners, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, would do next. This browser does not support the video element. Their first ...

From drowned worlds to virtual utopias via deep space, wild ideas abound in Emily H. Wilson's picks for her favourite sci-fi ...