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 ...

“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 ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — A speed record has been broken using nanoscience, which could lead to a host of new advances, including improved battery charging, biosensing, soft ...

This month’s picks include a time-travel thriller with Dylan O’Brien and a dystopian comedy with Awkwafina and John Cena. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Stream it on Max. Unlike the impossibly ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Using a sophisticated new modeling approach, researchers have estimated carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters to 22 million U.S. lakes, rivers ... Laser Measurements to ...

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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 ...

Droughts in 48 of 50 U.S. states, evidence of microplastics mucking up wastewater recycling and the science of a baseball mud bath in this week’s news roundup. In medieval times, astrology was ...

Coming less than a decade after its launch, the studies emerging from the global project are a major achievement. Funders should sign up for the long haul.

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).

Emily Watson and Olivia Williams tell us what it’s like to play Harkonnens in Dune: Prophecy and why the transfer of power never runs smoothly… ...