We have grown very used to the idea of time travel, as explored and exploited in so many movies and TV series and so much fiction. Although it feels like it’s been around forever, it isn’t an ancient archetypal story but a newborn myth, created by H.G. Wells in his 1895 novel The Time Machine. By John Lanchester.

The latest psychedelia fare is once again delivered successfully to the masses by wrapping it in the entertainment-friendly foil of science fiction. By Roger Keen.

Screenwriter Eric Heisserer shares notes and extracts from early drafts as he breaks down how he adapted Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life.”

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A future where we can control cars or smartphones solely with the power of thought is round the corner — but the price may be [crazily] invasive surgery. By Eloise Gibson.

Predicting the future is hard. It’s nearly impossible to know what technological marvels await in the next few years, let alone the next eight decades. Undaunted, we’ve put together a list of 10 super-advanced technologies that should be around by the year 2100. By George Dvorsky.

Ted Chiang is about to invade your mind. By Matthew Giles. .

The author of The Handmaid's Tale is no statist ideologue. By Bradley J. Birzer.

In ‘Traveler of Worlds,’ Silverberg talks about his long, prolific career. By Michael Derda.

They also feared treasure hunters and the secession of New Mexico. By Cara Giaimo.

The main themes and messages of Fahrenheit 451 — seen through the lens of author Ray Bradbury’s preferred interpretation. By Gautham Shenoy.

George Clinton is a futurist… By Jordan Pearson.

Utopia has inspired generations of thinkers and writers to imagine the good – and evil – humans might be capable of. China Miéville rereads a classic.

It has been a bewildering campaign season for many Americans, but perhaps for none so much as Tony Taccone. Since February, an eerie question has haunted the veteran theatrical writer and director: Is his art imitating life? Or is it the other way around? By Kathy Kiely.

Scientific discoveries and faraway voyages inspired fantastic tales—and a [2015] Smithsonian exhibition. By Sarah Zielinski.(July 2, 2015)

National Geographic's new docu-drama Mars, set in 2033, will follow the tales of the first crew to arrive on the red planet. By Meredith Rutland Bauer.

The new series, Mars, mixes documentary and speculation to tell the parallel stories of fictional future explorers and the pioneers of today. By Logan Hill.

Over the last few weeks a growing number of people have started wondering, "Is it possible the United States is heading for a new civil war?" Granted, most of those people are writers for sites like Russia Today or the Huffington Post, and thus slightly less credible than a handful of Bazooka Joe gum wrapper comics. But Donald Trump has made a few tinpot dictator-ish statements recently. By Robert Evans.

The Chicago Cubs are in the World Series for the first time in decades. The team’s losing streak is legendary: it hasn’t won the title since 1908, and last made it to the Series in 1945. It’s a...

The Rosicrucians began as a myth, or maybe a hoax, but they changed the way that people thought. By Peter Bebergal.