A new kind of disaster fiction is serving as scenario planning for real global crises. Call it the apocalyptic systems thriller. What if the star of “The Matrix” worked with a sci-fi novelist ...

There is a long tradition in science fiction of aliens and assorted creatures as metaphorical expressions — among the boldest examples is the monster from the Id in “Forbidden Planet,” from ...

I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the map of speculative fiction. But this year did have a ...

“This sleek ride of a novel further cements Phillips’s position as one of our most profound writers of speculative fiction,” said The New York Times. This is described as a “genre-bending ...

Read more The best new science fiction books of October 2024 I missed this one last month, but I’m including it in our ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...

November 27, 2024 • This year's United Nations climate talks, COP29, wrapped Saturday. Throughout the talks, it was all about the numbers. With the help of NPR climate reporters Julia Simon and ...

Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have introduced a novel self-powered dye-sensitized solar cell-based device that mimics human ...

As we do most every month here at Winter Is Coming, we've rounded up a bunch of the hottest fantasy and science fiction books hitting shelves this month (or ebook stores, it's a brave new world).

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

New research and discussions with dairy farmers in the Central Valley suggests H5N1 bird flu is more widespread among people than the reported numbers indicate.