The Bootstrap Paradox is a theoretical paradox of time travel that occurs when an object or piece of information sent back in time becomes trapped within an infinite cause-effect loop in which the item no [...]

Shadowlands Book I: Rhia Harlyn is a noble in Shen, one of the dozens of shadowlands which separate the bright, alien skyland. She has a missing brother, an unwanted marriage proposal and an interest in science considered unbecoming in her gender. A delightful new science fiction book.

Empire of Silence (Sun Eater, #1) Hadrian Marlowe, a man revered as a hero and despised as a murderer, chronicles his tale in the galaxy-spanning debut of the Sun Eater series. A big book, a truly great read. Has a flavour of Frank Herbert's Dune without the LSD. The only problem with it, is it's the first book of a series and the rest haven't been published yet. I want more.

There are levels of loving a TV show. There’s “I love this show” in the moment you watch it, well knowing you’ll forget it as soon as it’s replaced by another great one. And then there’s the show that knocks you on your ass, becomes an all-time top favorite almost immediately—an “I love this show so much my friends and family have put a moratorium on talking about it, because we love you, honey, but we’re sick of hearing about deep space.”

Ezra Glinter surveys the work of Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.

Harvard researchers raise the possibility that it may be "a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization."

It’s been a wild year for science fiction enthusiasts, as real life continues looking more like something out of an Arthur C. Clarke novel. Case in point: we just sent a robot to Mars and received a photo from it 8 minutes later. Here are our 10 favorite sci-fi books of 2018, from small-press debuts to Big Five bestsellers.

The human mind can be a confusing and overwhelming place. Despite incredible leaps in human progress, many of us still struggle to make our peace with our thoughts. The roots of this are complex and multifaceted. To find explanations for the global mental health epidemic, one can tap into neuroscience, psychology, evolutionary biology, or simply observe the meaningless systems that dominate our modern-day world.

The making of Threads, the nuclear war film that shocked a generation. By Jude Rogers.

Mary Shelley's misunderstood masterpiece turns 200. By Ronald Bailey.

I’m not a touchy-feely person. On the Myers-Briggs personality scale, I “think” rather than “feel.” (ENTP, babies.) But watching the video for The Guild’s "I’m the One That’s Cool" put a lump in my throat and made me sniffle with what-the-hell-are-these-human-feelings emotion.

“But it is my firm conviction that the ‘Hell of England’ will cease to be that of ‘not making money;’ that we shall get a nobler Hell and a nobler Heaven!” — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present. By Zero HP Lovecraft.

When the universalization of “Star Wars” is complete, it will no longer be a story but an aesthetic.

John Frankenheimer

What might make life hard to recognize as life? By Caleb A. Scharf.

Foundation, from Skydance Television, David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman, chronicles the thousand year saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.

Newfound exoplanet orbits a star identified with the famed science officer from "Star Trek."

Last Turkey Day, Netflix gave fans of bad movies and wisecracking robots something to be thankful for, renewing Mystery Science Theater 3000 for a 12th season. It was a fitting choice, extending the show’s Kickstarted revival on a date that’s long been synonymous with MST3K marathons and premieres.

Mars P.D. will have to deal with new blood-spatter patterns, different body decay rates, and space-suit sabotage—and they won’t be able to fire guns indoors. By Geoff Manaugh.

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The “Star Trek” universe continues to grow at CBS All Access. The streamer has given out an order for two seasons of a half-hour animated comedy series called “Star Trek: Lower De…

Once again, technology is extending what the human body can do. There's plenty of engineering involved, optimized for business uses of physical augmentation: power boosts, kinetic energy storage, and "augmented joints" that can lock on demand and distribute static loads while the worker is in an awkward position. It’s business transformation with real transformers. @Enterprisenxt

W. Scott Poole on the abyss opened up by the Great War.

John Carpenter’s horror classic is not about what you think it’s about. By Tracy Moore.

When “Mystery Science Theater 3000” returned for what was technically Season 12 on Thanksgiving Day, it did so under the weight of a huge cliffhanger: At the end of Season 11, Jonah (Jonah Ray) had been devoured by a robot snake — his ultimate fate left in the balance…a fact that gets totally brushed aside at the beginning of the first episode, so that Jonah and his faithful robot friends Crow (Hampton Yount) and Tom Servo (Baron Vaughn) can get back to what matters: making fun of bad movies on the Satellite of Love.

Z Nation's Karl Schaefer shares with us his story of success, days of working on Z Nation, and a few tidbits of what's to come.

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.