As usual, the mysteries of the cosmos will be on display at this year’s fest, beginning with opening-night film "Small Town ...

Nobody in space can hear you scream… with laughter, but they might after you've watched these sci-fi comedies.

From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi ...

The next novel by Ian McEwan will be a post-apocalyptic story, set in part in the 22nd century and centered on a scholar’s ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.

In this month’s sci-fi picks, what’s worse? Coming face-to-face with the apocalypse or with our older selves? By Elisabeth Vincentelli Rent or buy it on most major platforms. Ben Goodger’s ...

A recent study explores the physics behind George R. R. Martin's "Wild Cards" alien virus, blending science with science ...

Are your kids totally into time travel? Superfans of space adventures? Our list of sci-fi favorites has something for all the young science fiction book lovers out there. From classics to hot new ...

Without the majority of the Alien, Predator, or Planet of the Apes films, Hulu’s science fiction selection simply isn’t as robust as it used to be. Undoubtedly those movies will eventually ret ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks. The study, the largest of its ... Some Species of Baleen ...

We discuss a big week for commercial spaceflight, a red dye ban and a scary spider species in this news roundup. Linguists think that the words that we use to express pain might tell us something ...

Only a portion of Ms. Han’s fiction is available in English, but what we have falls along a spectrum between allegory and extreme realism. On one pole is “The Vegetarian” (2007), about a ...