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

The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick and a forgotten classic from 1936 ...

These 20 animals are so strange they look like science fiction creations, but they’re completely real. Nature is far more bizarre than you think.

The first installment of a gripping new trilogy blends high-concept science fiction with global conspiracy and ancient ...

William Shatner’s TekWar is a bonafide sci-fi cult classic that could use an upgrade.

This is definitely on my reading list: in fact, I am hoping we might choose it for a future New Scientist Book Club read. Longlisted for the Booker already, it has been described by our sci-fi ...

Science fiction can be valuable in the broader communication ecosystem, bringing science to the public and offering scientists a space to exercise imagination. Science communication is increasingly ...

Arnie said, "Get your a* to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.

Four centuries ago, Johannes Kepler established three laws of planetary motion that accurately describe how planets in the solar system orbit the Sun. That might be enough for most; however, befitting ...

Science fiction, you (allegedly) have a sexism problem. In an incisive article for the The Guardian's book blog, Damien Walter lays out a stark gender disparity: of the 29 Grandmasters of Science ...