Curated by Susanne Graner and Nina Steinmüller, the exhibition features over 100 objects, many of which will be familiar from cameo appearances in everything from Star Trek to 2001: A Space Odyssey to ...

Vitra’s sprawling, architecturally diverse campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, makes an appropriate setting for this new exhibition, ‘Science Fiction Design: From Space Age to Metaverse’. Tapping into ...

Science fiction has historically been considered a niche genre, one in which far-flung scenarios play out on distant planets. Today, though, such plots are at the center of our media landscape.

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

Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life. Comments ( 0 ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

In 1928 the writer Jack Williamson recounted Gernsback’s view: Science fiction “takes the basis of science . . . and then adds a thing that is alien to science—imagination. It lights the way.” ...

The Hugo Award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem said his experience with ChatGPT showed that the technology has the potential to replace ‘some human work’.

When a professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University set out to write a science fiction novel about the metaverse and humanoid robots, he turned to artificial intelligence for inspiration. The AI ...

A passion for both archaeology and science fiction led La Plata artist Doug Miller to develop his Ancient X-Files art collection, which will be displayed at Salmon Ruins through the Winter Solstice.

4 science fiction and fantasy books mine a real issue: Climate change. Books by Ray Nayler, Stephanie Feldman, Akil Kumarasamy and R.B. Lemberg challenge the reader to get used to the unthinkable.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Robin Murphy, professor at Texas A&M University, about the through line between a science fiction novel and the current state of AI and automation.