BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

This is definitely on my reading list: in fact, I am hoping we might choose it for a future New Scientist Book Club read. Longlisted for the Booker already, it has been described by our sci-fi ...

More than 50 years before ChatGPT could tell you what to cook for dinner, a 1968 science fiction film was shaping how we think about machines that talk to us. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, a Jupiter-bound ...

Science fiction is a wonderful thing and has given us many different genres over the years. One of the most important things to remember about it, though, is that the fantasy genre is also intertwined ...

In this month’s picks, multidimensional comedy and extraterrestrial drama. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Stream it on Amazon Prime Video. The last time a dryly zany comedy from New Zealand involving ...

We’re lucky to be alive during a time when science fiction and fantasy authors are publishing bold, provocative stories that expand our ideas of how to talk about the future and the nature of power.

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 might be the most expensive genre for studios to produce. So it's no surprise that choosing animation over live action is becoming a popular way for filmmakers to extend the cinematic ...