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Mar 28, 2021

Greetings, readers! After giving it a lot of thought over the past week, The Science of Fiction has decided to pick up its digital foundation and move…

Mar 24, 2021

A dramatic solar storm in For All Mankind almost led to nuclear war. The plotline has eerie echoes of history.

Mar 13, 2021

The Apple TV+ alt-history shows a more inclusive version of NASA in the Apollo era.

Mar 6, 2021

An MIT researcher is helping students bring their favorite sci-fi technologies to life.

Feb 27, 2021

A new U.N.-backed animation explores an environmental nightmare we avoided.

Feb 20, 2021

Orbital trash is a big problem in 2092. It's a big problem in 2021 as well.

Feb 13, 2021

Space jellyfish make good science fiction, but reality might be even stranger.

Feb 6, 2021

And an important announcement about this newsletter's future!

Jan 30, 2021

Greed, grifts, and the oil industry are at the heart of Warner Brother's latest superhero flick.

Jan 23, 2021

In The Expanse, Earth's defenders must stop a cosmic catastrophe. Scientists weigh in on how to do it.

Jan 16, 2021

If all goes well for humanity, atmospheric carbon levels could start falling in a few decades. But how far down will we bring them?

Jan 9, 2021

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