Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

Science fiction can be valuable in the broader communication ecosystem, bringing science to the public and offering ...

Syd Mead, the industrial designer and concept artist behind sci-fi films from "Blade Runner" to "Tron," gets his first major ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.

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Award-winning Chinese science fiction author Liu Cixin said at a Beijing academic forum Saturday that he believes the sci-fi ...