In 1968, a film arrived unlike anything audiences had seen. Directed by Stanley Kubrick and written with science fiction ...

Among the featured speakers, Chen Qiufan introduced his recent works Ocean Break and Yingge Feiteng (in pinyin). He said that truly vital writing can only emerge from areas that AI cannot replace or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like many of you, no doubt, Ursula K. Le Guin is one of my favourite sci-fi writers. So I am really excited about a collection out this month that brings together the maps she would draw when starting ...