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Science fiction

Science fiction

This is our hub for all things sci-fi where we bring you the best from across books, TV and film. This page features round-ups of the latest science fiction, in-depth reviews and interviews with leading sci-fi authors.
The surprising truth about why adults make children believe in Santa

Mind

The surprising truth about why adults make children believe in Santa

Children are savvier than we thought, so why do so many of them believe in Father Christmas? Answering that question reveals a lot about child psychology, and even more about adults

Features

Difficult Times by Adrian Tchaikovsky: An electro band get a weird gig

Humans

Difficult Times by Adrian Tchaikovsky: An electro band get a weird gig

Culture

To recreate delicious meals, don’t treat recipes simply as algorithms

Technology

To recreate delicious meals, don’t treat recipes simply as algorithms

Comment

George Clooney as Augustine and Caoilinn Springall as Iris

Environment

The Midnight Sky review: George Clooney in a moving sci-fi drama

Culture

Black scientist using a microscope

Humans

Only 10 senior Black researchers awarded UK science funding last year

News

How to use the dhungar technique to create delicious smoky food

Humans

How to use the dhungar technique to create delicious smoky food

Regulars

Fears about genetically modified foods are cultural not scientific

Humans

Fears about genetically modified foods are cultural not scientific

Comment

Melissa McCarthy and Bobby Cannavale in Superintelligence

Technology

Superintelligence review: A fun take on the AI apocalypse storyline

Culture

space between worlds cover

Space

The Space Between Worlds review: Sci-fi with the multiverse done right

Culture

Truth Seekers review: Ghost-hunting capers from Shaun of the Dead duo

Humans

Truth Seekers review: Ghost-hunting capers from Shaun of the Dead duo

Amazon Prime's Truth Seekers from Sean of the Dead duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is a mash up of British comedy and ghost hunting. Let’s hope the series becomes today’s Ghostbusters, says Emily Wilson

Culture

Humans

The weirdest food pairings that work according to science

Regulars

Humans

The Book of Malachi is darkly unmissable science fiction

Culture

Physics

First room-temperature superconductor could spark energy revolution

News

Space

11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

Culture

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