science fiction

A time-lapse image showing the plane flying across a gymnasium. Credit: Steven Barrett, MIT, CC BY-ND

Inspired by Sci-Fi, an Airplane With No Moving Parts and a Blue Ionic Glow

Steven Barrett 29/11/2018

Ionic winds – charged particles flowing through the air...

© Mimi Mondal

‘In Some Ways, All Sci-fi and Fantasy Is an Act of Negotiating the Other’

Omair Ahmad 24/04/2018

Mimi Mondal, nominated for a Hugo Award this year,...

The new PARLA laser in operation at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. The yellow-orange beam of the brilliant seven-watt laser is seen emerging from the dome of Unit Telescope 4 of the Very Large Telescope. In the background the Large Magellanic Cloud can also be seen. The laser creates an artificial star high in the atmosphere that can be used to correct images for the turbulence of the air and form much sharper pictures. Credit: European Southern Observatory, CC BY 4.0

How Could We Build an Invisibility Cloak to Hide Earth from an Alien Civilisation?

David Kipping 14/04/2016

An invisibility cloak could be a sort of insurance...