Early depictions of alien planets in science fiction reflected pure imagination — jungles on Venus, canals on Mars, and ...
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Science Fiction Won’t Kill You, but the Terms of Service Will

From Black Mirror to Her to Cyberpunk 2077, science fiction reveals that our real threat isn’t killer robots—it’s the corporate systems quietly rewriting what it means to be human.
Science fiction continues to be popular, and there is no reason these past shows would not do well with today's audiences.
The most explosive theory comes from Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who suggests 3I/ATLAS may not be a natural object at ...
This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are ...
It also turned out to be a great read, of the dense, “messagey”, 1980s sci-fi sort. It’s set in a far future in which ...
Diamond rain falls on ice giants Uranus and Neptune, where intense pressure and heat transform methane into crystallizing diamonds. Scientists recreat ...
Star Trek's iconic warp drive, once pure science fiction, is now inspiring real-world astrophysicists. Scientists are developing theoretical models t ...
Apple's most ambitious science-fiction show, Foundation, aired its third season earlier this year. The show witnessed a ...
Even with modest assumptions, the Drake Equation often suggests the galaxy should be chock full of extraterrestrial neighbors ...
Science fiction isn't just about explosions in space or aliens that look suspiciously human – it's about ideas. The best ...
Planets do not emit visible light like stars; they shine in the sky because they reflect sunlight. Exoplanets too reflect ...