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Director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation provokes mixed reactions among Ars staffers.

At a time when most fantasy series are going as big as possible, the Ridley Scott–produced HBO Max series gets back to the basics of science-fiction storytelling, and is all the better for it.

We caught up with legendary artist Hajime Sorayama at his Tokyo studio to delve inside his inimitable, chrome-plated world.

Fantasy fiction provides more than escapism for young readers.

Possibly the coolest creepiest Steampunk taxidermy creatures you will ever behold...

"A collaborative guide, one that was written and kept up to date by the people who used it, in real time, might be a neat idea. I just didn't really realise that such a thing might be possible in my lifetime or how powerful such a thing might be." - Douglas Adams

Microsoft is to fund a remake of cult BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7 for broadcast on its Xbox Live service, according to reports.

Tests could reveal whether we are part of a giant computer simulation — but the real question is if we want to know...

A short science fiction story of a man who searches for his lost wife.

Just for the sake of argument, let’s assume time travel is theoretically possible. Even so, the fact that we aren’t aware of any time travelers isn’t particularly surprising. Making a big change far in the past, one that would conclusively announce to the world that time travel is real, could potentially change history such that the time traveler would never be born in the first place.

The Doctor has tackled horror staples like vampires, werewolves, zombies, and demons, but also hundreds of original foes from all over the galaxy. We now present the scariest of the bunch!

Last month, the American Astronomical Society's 223rd meeting featured the announcement of a few breakthroughs: Using the Kepler space observatory, researchers had discovered a planet roughly the...

Cinematic saga captured in needle and thread in painstaking detail down to an impressive little embroidery Yoda

War, fate, and a broken walkman transcend space and time in this sci-fi love story. A Collaboration Factory Production. Produced by Chris Bryant. Written & directed by Jesse Atlas

A messenger delivers a mysterious box to a wealthy man. The Gift is a Sci-Fi short with a savage chase sequence on it. Directed by Carl E. Rinsch.

One of the best films of 2013, Spike Jonze’s Her, concerns a man who falls in love with his computer’s operating system. It’s easy to imagine a film with a similar premise appearing in a different decade—extremely easy, actually—but it’s hard to imagine it taking the form it does in Her. Even factoring out Jonze’s unique imagination, and factoring in thoughtful exception

Soon every home will have a robot helper. Don't worry. It's perfectly safe. Written, Directed & Edited by Ruairi Robinson. Starring Max Records from "Where The Wild Things Are". Cinematography by Macgregor. Music by Olafur Arnalds courtesy of Erased Tapes. Visual effects were completed over a period of 9 months, of hell. There's a reason why you don't see too many wet CG characters in movies even with 100 million dollar budgets. It's really, really hard.

Worldforgers are in process of terraforming Europa, one of the largest moons in our Solar System. Dr. Strauss, planetary engineer, observes the squidlike forges manipulate the icy moon. Conquest of Europa is a 2013 Finnish scifi short (1:17min).

A man finds himself on a mysterious planet trapped in a game of death.