Julie Gould is a freelance journalist in London, and produces the Nature Careers Podcast. In the first episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series, Julie Gould explores the history of ...

Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. Science fiction has historically been considered a niche genre, one in which far-flung scenarios ...

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.

It seems we’re using science fiction as a roadmap to make our dreams, and more often nightmares, come true. Why is it that we manufacture a nightmarish future and refuse to heed the warnings so ...

Those dastardly scientists are at it again, this time developing a neural chip that allows you to turn off sleep. Soon, everyone has one – and then it stops being possible to turn the chip off, and ...

We are currently living through an unprecedented rise in the popularity of science fiction over the past couple of years. From new releases from established names such as Star Wars to the rise of ...

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 literature has captured readers’ attention for hundreds of years. Who doesn’t imagine what happens up in the stars, or if life might exist beyond our planet? Sci-fi stories, in many ...