From time-traveling doctors to sentient androids, these characters define the sci-fi genre and take viewers on incredible ...

A Space Odyssey and Gattaca are among the best examples of 20th-century hard sci-fi, grounding their plots in logic and plausibility.

Science fiction films are treated roughly by awards season, but critic Roger Ebert was famous for loving the genre. Here are ...

What defines the sub-genre known as "hard" science fiction? It's a term that might be useful to understand with the recent release of Netflix's 3 Body Problem. The series is based on the Remembrance ...

While you may not think of genre storytelling as the most fertile ground for developing fascinating, complex characters, sci-fi TV proves the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Over the long ...

From ship captains to sassy aliens, these video game characters bring the medium's most iconic sci-fi worlds to life.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." These days, science fiction is basically our reality. Generative AI, touch screens, video conferencing, ...

Science fiction is a particularly bountiful genre for the introduction of new words, in large part because authors come up with unique and otherworldly terms to describe their sci-fi worlds. Here are ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The real world is often misrepresented in Hollywood when it comes to technology. Hacking, for example, is usually oversimplified and ...