Science Of Sci-Fi

Currently, virtual reality is seen as the future of immersive technology, being used by everyone from major tech giants to NASA...

Can we trust artificial intelligence to be moral? If it decides that humanity is a threat and needs to be destroyed, we can try to...

  Since the golden age of science fiction, many authors have predicted the future with surprising accuracy. Interstellar travel...

It's happening, people. After decades of waiting, we're getting close to the Holy Grail of sci-fi technology: the flying car. Airbus...

When you sit down with Phil Frana, you better buckle up for a conversation that ranges from the history of artificial intelligence...

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?If so, you might have been reading the International Journal of Molecular...

Ingo Swann is one of those figures who straddles the line between science and science fiction. He is recognized as one of the creators...

Last month, we featured a working BB-8 droid created by PatchBOTS, a new YouTube channel focused on creating movie-accurate props and...

When you wade into the Star Wars fandom and ask the hard-hitting questions (Why does C-3PO have a red arm in TFA? What's Palpatine's...

Everyone who's watched Westworld is looking forward to a future that looks like this:When in fact, it may look more like this:Today,...

  When we heard about the movie Arrival, we had the same reaction a lot of sci-fi fans did: "Linguistics? They're going to make a...

When Jon Kesh (our night editor, pictured left) and I (right) arrived in sunny San Jose for Silicon Valley Comic-Con, we had two goals...

We're at Columbia University's annual BRITE Conference today, and we're hosting a panel!.  Tune into the stream below at 11:05 a.m....

There are few among us who haven't dreamed of having retractable adamantium blades built into our hands. Sure, we don't get into knife...

It looks like Star Wars may not have taken place so far, far away after all. Scientists have just announced a star system that is...

Astronomers have discovered a Saturn-sized planet called Kepler-16b, which is located 200 light years from Earth and orbits two suns -...

Batman is simultaneously the most badass superhero of all time and the easiest target for jokes in the whole DC universe (aside from...

Cyclops is one of the most beloved X-Men of all time, known for his iconic "optic blasts," beams of red light that emit no heat but...

Last weekend, sci-fi blockbuster Arrival opened in theaters, thrilling audiences with beautiful action sequences of alien spaceships...

Astrophysicist and educator Neil deGrasse Tyson is known for providing a scientific analysis of all the latest science-fiction films...