Rockets being passé, China is working on using an electromagnetic railgun to launch crewed spacecraft the size of a Boeing 737, weighing 50 tonnes, into orbit. This remarkably ambitious project is even more ambitious than it seems at first glance.
Netflix's new sci-fi show 3 Body Problem has had its fair share of positive reviews, but now it's got the seal of approval from The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson....
Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. Here in Scarfolk, pagan rituals blend seamlessly with science; hauntology is a compulsory subject at school, and everyone must be in bed by 8pm because they are perpetually running a slight...
Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.
A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future is a science fiction novel by John Jacob Astor IV, published in 1894. Overview The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide telephone network, solar power, air...
You're Watching The Official 4k Video Of Weapon Of Choice by Fatboy Slim Arguably Fatboy Slim’s most famous music video of all time, Weapon Of Choice featur...
At 92 years old, William Shatner is opening up about his biggest regret. He took responsibility for "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" flopping with critics, as he starred and directed.
History repeats itself in this ingenious but surprisingly heartfelt sci-fi, which takes the premise of Groundhog Day and fashions from it a poignant statement about life and mortality. Refreshingly for the genre, it focuses on a middle-aged woman - a scientist-slash-physicist, even - whose 55th birthday and final breath will...
Pournelle, Gingrich and Trump see a future that must be secured by authoritarian institutions that group together humanity’s best and prevent the rest from stifling them.
“The future of humanity is in her hands,” the opening subtitle reads during the trailer for Atlas, Netflix’s Sci-Fi thriller starring Jennifer Lopez, for which we can share the first trailer above....
Though similar to Constellation in principle, leaning heavily on the concept of the observer effect and covering the possibility of a multiverse reality, the series will still be different. Dark Matter promises to appeal more to action fans, as the main character will have to fight the villain, even if that villain is just...