Science fiction has an uncanny ability to predict the future. In its pages or on the screen, sci-fi, from the time of Jules Verne onward, has envisioned technological advances, societal ...

Sci-fi fans can enjoy a new Red Dwarf novel – the first for 30 years – this month, as well as sci-fi horror from Paul Tremblay and a journey to Planet Happy with Riley August ...

Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers selections from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Library Associate David Litherland compiled this month’s selections.

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 ...

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 ...

Science fiction has a remarkable history of predicting the future. Long before many inventions existed, writers, filmmakers, and television creators imagined technologies that seemed impossible at the ...

I think any technical career starts with curiosity and imagination. When I was young, I read a lot of books on scientists and inventors and on various scientific topics, but what really got me ...

Consider the alternative futures presented in Black Mirror, a dystopic anthology television series, where each episode explores the morbid but human-centric realities of technology. Season 7, Episode ...