
The best science fiction TV shows to stream right now
3 April 2020
From Chernobyl to Watchmen, this is the best sci-fi on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer at the moment

3 April 2020
From Chernobyl to Watchmen, this is the best sci-fi on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer at the moment

11 March 2020
The plot of sci-fi movie Little Joe may sound like it plays to powerful 1990s anti-GM fears but bigger issues like human freedom may really be at stake

28 February 2020
Stranger Things, Black Mirror and Russian Doll are among the best science fiction shows to watch on Netflix at the moment

24 January 2020
Patrick Stewart returns in triumphant new Star Trek spin-off Picard, but the Federation's robots are missing, discontinued, and for a very good reason

1 January 2020
Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020

27 November 2019
How much do you really know about the revolutionary gene-editing technology called CRISPR? A sharp independent film will have you up to speed in no time, finds Simon Ings in his latest column

20 November 2019
As sci-fi series The Expanse returns for a fourth season, on Amazon Prime, its authors (writing as James S.A. Corey) reveal how real physics and human frailty make for a rich world

18 October 2019
From memorious clothing to wasteless habitats, the reality of living on Mars is brought home at London's Design Museum with genuine optimism

18 September 2019
Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can't plug the plot holes in this movie's melancholy heart

23 May 2019
Carl Guyenette has turned musician Jeff Wayne's 70’s concept album into two hours of immersive terror – by putting all the tech at the service of the story