We pick the sci-fi novels we’re most looking forward to reading this month, from a new Brandon Sanderson to the latest from ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Shindell, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) Living in today’s age of ...

Transforming the red planet to support life has long been a dream of science fiction. Mars is now too cold to support life. Its atmosphere is also too thin to protect any living organisms from harmful ...

Emily H. Wilson is wild for this sci-fi novel: I’ve not heard our sci-fi columnist recommend a book so wholeheartedly in all the time she’s written for us. It follows Mawukana na-Vdnaze, a deep-space ...

Advances in synthetic biology, planetary engineering, and ultra-low-cost launch systems have dramatically altered how ...