Science fiction stories take place in a world that is different to our own. The story might be set in space, in the future and about new technology or a scientific innovation. Science fiction ...

Scientists can write accessible nonfiction books, podcasts, and documentaries that summarize recent advances in the field, but another creative medium, which is not bound to the realm of present facts ...

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures. Writers may find the future appealing precisely because it can’t be known, a black box ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.