"Jurassic World Rebirth" is a science-fiction movie, not a dinosaur documentary. Nevertheless, Nathan Myhrvold has a few ...

The 21st century is starting to feel a bit like a sci-fi novel with driverless taxis roaming around San Francisco, generative ...

Indeed, technology companies increasingly employ futurists who use science fiction as a medium for exploring potential new technologies and their social impact. They call this science fiction ...

Science Fiction Has Helped Predict the Future of Technology. Here’s Why We Should Be Worried History has proven that science fiction hasn’t just predicted the future, it’s shaping it.

And it’s true that science fiction and fantasy have both prompted the creation of technological marvels, from human triumphs like the moon shot to far more troubling fare, like, well, Palantir.

Science-fiction movies may reflect widespread fears about new technologies at a given moment—and then the public’s engagement with those films may be fed back into the scientific discourse.

I once wrote on this page, “Science fiction is to technology as romance novels are to marriage: a form of propaganda” (see “Against Transcendence,” February 2005). This represents my ...

The Future of Technology: Reflections from Contraptions While Contraptions is a work of fiction, its depiction of advanced technology raises important questions about the direction of scientific ...

Every month, there seems to be news of some fabulous science fiction concept that is ever closer to becoming science fact. In just the past few months, we’ve seen concepts go public for medical ...

Science fiction authors Larry Niven, Robert Sawyer, Nancy Kress and Charles Stross look back at looking forward. You might find a few lessons about encouraging innovation in your own company.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction pays up to 12 cents a word, up to 25,000 words. The A.I.-generated works can be weeded out, Ms. Thomas said, although “it’s just sad that we have to ...