Settlers review: Powerful sci-fi movie evokes classic westerns
28 July 2021
Survival is all in Settlers, a harrowing sci-fi movie set on Mars that is reminiscent of realistic westerns like High Plains Drifter
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Found 9 results for sci-fi
Sound of Metal review: Riz Ahmed's performance is Oscar-worthy
29 March 2021
It's easy to see why Riz Ahmed has been nominated for an Oscar for the film Sound of Metal, in which he gives a harrowing, subtle performance as a drug addict-turned musician who loses his hearing
Raised by Wolves review: Stunning sci-fi set on a real exoplanet
30 September 2020
HBO's Raised by Wolves is an original and visually stunning science-fiction series set on a recently discovered exoplanet. It has echoes of Prometheus, Alien and Dune, says Emily Wilson
Fighting cancer: How growing mini organs could create better treatment
2 December 2019
Stem cell technology lets us grow mini organs from scratch, providing new opportunities to develop personalised cancer treatments. Vivian Li explains how body regeneration is becoming more than sci-fi
Human Nature film review: Telling the CRISPR story with wit and verve
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
Don’t miss: Exploring your own delusions, playing with evolution
6 February 2019
Find out why You Are Not So Smart on the podcast of the same name, get ready to play Evolution the video game, plus more of this week's cultural picks
Why air travel makes deadly disease pandemics less likely
1 November 2018
Air travel may actually be reducing the risk of a deadly pandemic. This is because its harder for new microbes to stay isolated and become incredibly lethal
Bio-engineered lungs are the first successful organs made in the lab
1 August 2018
Pigs have been able to breathe using lungs made in the lab. This is the most successful complex organ to be bioengineered yet – but there’s one big step left
Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism
8 May 2018
Transhumanists could not stop for Death but they kindly stopped for Mark O'Connell, who has captured their beliefs and anxieties in his Wellcome Book Prize winning travelogue
