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Scientists have speculated about how Archimedes’ death ray purportedly harnessed sunlight to burn ships. Now, a teen may have evidence the device was plausible.

The executive producer offered some details on how the second season had to be rewritten based on feedback from Paramount+:...

But the new report suggests that the public’s belief that the government is hiding what it knows will probably continue.

If you missed out on space camp, it's time to see if you qualify for the real thing.

Viewing the genre as a means to spread modern knowledge, Chinese novelists have been writing science-fiction stories since at least 1902.

It's storytime! Shingai Njeri Kagunda's Let the Star Explode from Lightspeed Magazine right here on io9.

An astronomy lesson on binary stars could begin with a series of complex diagrams and data or with a clip from the movie Star Wars where Luke Skywalker looks up at the sky of his home planet, Tatooine, and sees two suns shining. Which will more easily awaken the interest of a sleepy high school class?...

The article is insufferable, but you will find things to argue about and in the end, isn't that what really matters?

Star Wars Book Nook?...

Disney’s latest animated series, Iwájú, is one writer-director’s love letter to his home country.

It has to do with Star Trek, and researchers have no idea why

The franchise is now a trilogy.

In Screen Gab No. 121, we ready ourselves for 'Dune: Part Two,' check in with Lauren Patten about 'Death and Other Details,' and offer viewing recs for your weekend.

Newly relaunched Anchor Bay Entertainment has purchased 'Daddy,' a dystopian sci-fi film.

A Back to the Future crew member opens up about how a tweak he recommended made the film's ending work. "It's really interesting doing storyboards," he explained. "You’re working on one page at a time, one scene at a time. And so, you have a chance to think about, ‘What’s it gonna look like? How are they going to do the...

Johan Renck's Sci-Fi Netflix flick starring Adam Sandler landed on the streaming service today, but the reviews are not encouraging....

The actor played villain Dreykov in the Scarlett Johansson-led 2021 spy thriller.

Even better than the first film, the stakes are exponentially higher, the power struggles even more mythic, the on-screen world-building richer and more exotically filigreed, and the visuals even more dazzling. I didn’t think this was possible.

Helldivers 2 has prompted a debate on social media: Is the game actually a satire of fascism? And if so, is it worrying that some people don’t seem aware of that?

Apple TV+ has ordered a series adaptation of the William Gibson novel "Neuromancer," Variety has learned.

Before Austin Butler, we had Sting’s Feyd-Rautha

Star Wars is a beloved franchise that has delighted fans for decades, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. However, sometimes things you love can have flaws. In this case, MAJOR flaws, frustratingly major flaws. Fans are sharing which scenes in the Star Wars movies they find...

There’s a moment late in Denis Villeneuve’s sweeping sci-fi epic “Dune: Part Two,” when the camera lingers on a hand emerging out of desert sand, forming into a fist.

You would think it's too early in the week to already have a contender for the most randomized-sounding headline of the week, but here we are. A sci-fi jukebox musical based on the music of the Goo Goo Dolls is set to premiere next week....

1979's Alien stands tall as one of the greatest sci-fi horror movies in history. The claustrophobic tale of the crew of the Nostromo being picked off by a Xenomorph on their ship is as a terrifying as ever, and it's a must-watch for all movie fans....