Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as ...

Popular science fiction has long shaped public understanding of scientific possibility, yet studies suggest that many widely recognized sci-fi concepts depart significantly from established physics. A ...

Explore science and imagination with The Physics Behind Fiction Exploring R2-D2 Flight in Star Wars. This video examines whether the flight capabilities of R2-D2 could exist in the real world using ...

Science in everyday conversation can feel distant— something conducted behind closed laboratory doors, far from big screens.

In this episode of Space Minds, Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust moderates a panel at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next installment of the Center’s Discovery Series. The panel ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The professor had drawn a square with polka ...

Some sci-fi movies take the genre extra seriously, using accurate technologies to ground their depiction of the future.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

We’ll need to get our skates on if we’re to keep up with all the new science fiction published in November. New Scientist sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson is adamant that we must read Claire North’s ...