Stories about dragons have always taken their inspiration from real-world animals. Does this mean dragons could feasibly exist? By Josh Gabbatiss.

As Ian McEwan wrote: "The rules of time travel have been written not by scientists but by storytellers." Here are some of the best time travel books around.

The name of the first Mars-bound SpaceX craft will be named The Heart of Gold, in honor of the spaceship commandeered by Zaphod Beeblebrox in Douglas Adams’s mega-famous science fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. During a question-and-answer session after his keynote speech at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, Musk revealed his desire to name at least one SpaceX ship The Heart of Gold.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Experiments have shown how the quantum entanglement of particles can be used for unhackable communications and encryption.

That’s gotta smart

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A look at the work of horror's most influential designer.

Dear world, Let´s talk about time. When I uploaded my first YouTube video 7 years ago, I would have never thought that it would get that much attention. Had lots of discussions, met new people, continued to make videos about things that intrigued me. Or tried out effects.

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Mysterious artifact gloves just take a little getting used to, is all

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the first airing of Star Trek Season 1 Episode 1. It was a ground-breaking show but probably not for the reasons you think.

OK, so Scotty can't beam us up. But, we do have communicators (cell phones), phasers (lasers), and voice recognition (Siri). Let's look at what we already have and what we might have within our lifetimes.

“This emphasis on play, on taking things and seeing what can be done with them, is more than a narrative principle of the show, however; it’s also a way of thinking about its underlying sociality.”

Since the time of the Greek philosophers, humans have speculated about the existence of other worlds.

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Sock it to ‘em

Alien life may be so different from us that we wouldn’t even recognize it as life.

“Can we just inject electronic circuits through a needle into the brain, or other tissue, and then connect it, and then monitor? Yes, we can, and that’s where we are today.” By Kiki Sanford

The winners of the Hugo Awards were announced at a gala ceremony in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, marking a good night for women and authors of color, and a very bad one for the “Puppies.” By Michael Schaub.

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