Science Of Sci-Fi

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...

Star Wars fans can already buy their very own BB-8, or wield a lightsaber in VR, or even wear Star Wars makeup. But let's be real,...

Have you ever wondered what Earth would taste like to Galactus? No? How about the amount of energy Galactus would receive if he...

Star Wars is often viewed more as a space fantasy than a relatively true-to-life speculative fiction in the vein of Star Trek (unless...

We've spoken in the past about Mass Effect's use of quantum entanglement to create a communicator that can transmit messages securely...

Dream-hacking has been of interest to scientists for years, even before Inception brought it to the public eye. Now, the new USA show...

The Martian is considered to be one of the most scientifically accurate science fiction books in recent memory, and it wasn't written...

HBO's Westworld, which takes place in an android-filled park that allows people to enact all of their darkest vices, is the latest in...

Before we're flooded with quotations of "Beam me up, Scotty" (and the obnoxious people who know it's actually "Scotty, beam me up"),...