With several exciting happenings in the world of science and technology, you will be simply amazed to hear of more and more instances where science fiction is turning into reality, or nearly so. Just have a look at these tidbits – ‘Science fiction has turned into reality’: Astronomers hail extraordinary discovery of ‘Star Wars’ planet [...]

National Science and Engineering Week was observed in mid-March 2011 in the UK. The BBC ran a quiz on science fiction to coincide with the event. The questions relate to time travel, cloning, teleporting and a few other topics that easily fit either side of the fact vs fiction debate. It is a simple challenge [...]

You may think that the jury is still out on whether ‘science fiction’ is an oxymoron or not. While there, critics as well as fans probably have qualms about ‘science fiction romance’ as well! Take heart – science fiction figures as a ‘desirable oxymoron’.  Skilled authors neither compromise science for the sake of fiction, nor [...]