DEFA was East Germany’s state film studio, operating between 1946 and 1992. Among its vast output were four lavish science ...

Science fiction in the 1970s and 80s had a sensuality ... which made sense as he had made his name as an industrial designer creating concept art and advertising visuals for car, tire and steel ...

The myth of the irreconcilably divided worlds of art and science is still alive. But it’s nonsense, says Joan Weinstein, director of the Getty Foundation – the two have always been intertwined.

No matter how powerful generative AI becomes, writer Ted Chiang says it will never create true art. Chiang is one of the most admired science-fiction authors writing today, best known for the ...

Recognizing the influence that popular narratives have on our collective perceptions, a growing number of AI and computer science experts now want to harness fiction to help imagine futures in ...

Science fiction (SF) influences everything in this day and age, from the design of everyday artifacts to how we—including the current crop of 50-something Silicon Valley billionaires—work.

In the realm of human imagination, the boundaries between fiction and reality have often blurred, giving rise to remarkable technological leaps. From the futuristic visions of video calls in Star ...

OUT of ideas for a gift? However your friends or family see life, you can be sure that this year’s crop of science fiction contains a gift (or even a gift set) that will confirm their world view.

In the first episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series, Julie Gould explores the history of science and art, and asks researchers ... from science fiction authors on how science ...

The enigmatic science fiction of Djuna. The radical visions of South Korea’s mononymous, pseudonymous, and officially anonymous sci-fi novelist and film critic. It would be easy to list the ...