Hollywood has never been known for its strict adherence to science. In most blockbusters the laws of physics are treated more like polite suggestions than hard rules. Need I mention “Armageddon”? I ...

The Wildcat Film Appreciation Society watched the ambiguous Soviet-era science fiction drama “Stalker” (1979).

In Star Trek, the crew of the Enterprise could cross galaxies in the time it takes us to fly from Delhi to Dubai. While long considered pure science fiction, the show’s most fantastical invention, the ...

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

The lasers alone would cost around one trillion dollars and the technology to create a nanocraft does not yet exist.

The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series. Credit...Karan Singh Supported by By Amal El-Mohtar Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo ...

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 ...

Classical physics is a science that tells us particles will always obey Newton's laws of motion. Quantum physics is an offshoot of this science (sparked by the 1925 Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle) ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...