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Advanced artificial intelligence is new, but a similar idea has been around for hundreds of years: the power of a just-right sequence of numbers, letters or elements to animate matter.
It’s remarkable to see these three innovative, bravely experimental and often unsettling Australian story collections – by a debut author and two prize-winners – published so closely together.
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
Humanity is the only species on earth for whom intelligence is also an ethical liability.
What made the series successful was its ability to tap into contemporary cultural moments.
In the Global South, a group of writers are rejecting the norms of science fiction and commenting on the future in a way that embraces Indigenous culture.
Liftoff to the distant asteroid is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2023 – the beginning of a six-year journey to one of the most unusual objects in the solar system.
If you haven’t seen Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic, then it’s likely you will have seen other films influenced by it.
‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the here and now. The show’s third and final season provides a lens on cybersecurity.
Science fiction has always been good at predicting distant futures and now governments are turning to them to ward off possible threats.
Science fiction does more than entertain – it can also be used to better understand the political forces that shape the societies in which we live.
A new film changes its story based on the emotions expressed by the viewer.
It is one thing to treat AI as a tool when it has no scope for emotion. It is quite another when AI has a full suite of emotional responses.
Amid global a crisis, China rises to save the world – while Western countries descend into chaos.
How The Last of Us bucked the trend for failed video game adaptations and instead added depth to a much beloved game.
Astounding leaps forward in diagnostics, recycling and food are just a few areas of chemistry that were once considered science fiction
Science fiction books can inspire more children to become scientists if authors and illustrators do a better job of depicting characters from diverse backgrounds.
As COVID-19 transitions from a pandemic to an endemic, apocalyptic science-fiction and zombie movies contain examples of how to adjust to the new normal.
Both are orders of religious warriors and both were taken down by power-hungry rulers
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