This article was originally published in The Conversation. Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically ...

Lauren Stienstra smiles for a photo while wearing a gray suit jacket and jeans. The UCLA alumnus released her first book, the science fiction novel “The Beauty of the End,” on April 1.

One of my principal hobbies (other than poking around on the Internet) is reading science fiction and fantasy stories. Those have been my favorite genres of fiction as far back as I can remember ...

Often truth is scarier than fiction. Take the new novel “Child Zero” by Portland author Chris Holm. It’s set in a world where antibiotics no longer kill bacteria and control disease.

In the great new sci-fi books and movies of the last 10 years, authors and storytellers have imagined the future in new ways. Editors from Tor, Orbit, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and more weigh in ...

In our new series “Imagining the Next Future,” Polygon explores the new era of science fiction — in movies, books, TV, games, and beyond — to see how storytellers and innovators are ...

Lightspeed travel is a popular concept in sci-fi and pop culture, but it's not a technology we are likely to see anytime soon ...

All these science fiction authors were very attuned to the science that was going on around them and got really great ideas from all the ... But H.G. Wells had a significant scientific background.

Graduate student Lauren Sankovitch brings a MARVELous background of experience to the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering ...

When George Lucas says "Star Wars isn't a science fiction film," he's really saying, "Star Wars isn't really a science fiction film according to definitions of SF from before 1977." Think about it.

Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now A rom-com in space, a coming-of-age quest and a high-tech birthing plan are among the films worth checking out this month. Share full article ...