Worldcon, the world's oldest and most influential sci-fi gathering, was held in China for the first time this year. — © AFP Worldcon, the world's oldest and most ...

Chinese writer Liu Cixin is a domestic superstar who readers sometimes jokingly call "God" - Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL Chinese writer Liu Cixin is a domestic ...

Human activity is changing the way water flows between the Earth and atmosphere in complex ways and with likely long-lasting consequences that are hard to picture. Researchers enlisted water ...

In the summer of 1987, movie audiences first met Robocop in the science fiction classic about violence and corrupt corporate power in a future, dystopian Detroit. But the title word is much older than ...

When I talk to my college students about emerging and future media technology, I often reference episodes of “Black Mirror” — a series that paints a chilling portrait of new tech evolving to the point ...

During her relatively short life, Izumi Suzuki (1949–1986) has been many things. A keypunch operator, a bar hostess, a nude model — portrayed by controversial photographer Nobuyoshi Araki — and an ...