In 1920, the term “robot” made its debut in a Czech play; 106 years later, robots made their debut on the battlefield.

But arguably, the most unnerving thing about humanoid robots is that they are not bound by human limitations at all. A viral ...

This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil.

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

While the Toy Story movies look to the digital future of entertainment, the Despicable Me franchise is going way, way back ...

A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

"Star Wars" has a seemingly never-ending supply of alien designs. However, these five are the worst of the bunch, falling ...

Sony AI's Ace robot defeated professional table tennis players in Tokyo — and the eeriest part is how it learned: never by ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

A look at 10 of the greatest alien sci-fi movies, from Ridley Scott's Alien to Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, none by Steven ...

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a global phenomenon that spawned many knockoffs, with films like Purple People Eater, Badi, ...