Star Wars had been released in theaters and changed everything about the way Hollywood perceived the genre, and television ...

The nature of sci-fi shows often require that they create worlds out of whole cloth, but in some cases, even the ...

Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as exploration. In periods when public attention turns toward unanswered questions about ...

We are currently living through an unprecedented rise in the popularity of science fiction over the past couple of years. From new releases from established names such as Star Wars to the rise of ...

Almost exactly a year ago, I asked our team of expert science writers here at New Scientist to name their favourite science fiction novels. Personal tastes meant we ended up with a wonderfully ...

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 ...