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Entertainment provides an escape from reality. Audiences consume film, television, books, and video games to be transported to worlds unlike our own. As a genre, science fiction offers imagined ...

China Miéville is known for his "new weird" fiction, with works that marry sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. Asked about Elon Musk, the author said sci-fi isn't the "blueprint" some in the tech industry ...

Science fiction has long served as a looking glass into humanity’s future, from our greatest triumphs to our darkest fears, offering writers and audiences opportunities to explore potential ...

Set in late-21st-century Australia, this novel (published in Australia in 2022 but out now more widely) follows Tao-Yi in a world where most people spend their lives in an immersive virtual reality ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

As AI and autonomous warfare advance, our future mirrors a collision of Minority Report, Star Wars, The Fifth Element, and Idiocracy—demanding innovation with safeguards and clear global engagement.

Science fiction writer Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse, wearable tech and artificial intelligence long before those technologies arrived. What does he think of it all now? Host Megan McArdle ...

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