The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on the ...

A flexible, semi-autonomous robot could potentially locate disaster victims trapped under rubble and deliver medication within the human body. A small, soft, and flexible robot capable of crawling ...

but science in general,” said Joseph Richardson, an anthropologist and epidemiologist at the University of Maryland who has studied gun violence for more than 20 years. “You can slowly see the ...

While Microsoft’s looked more like a ray gun from a science fiction movie. But in iOS 10, Apple was the first to update the emoji. From a real pistol, to a plastic water gun. Other companies ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website. A link to the Office of the Surgeon General’s publications on ...

Prosecutors say Carl Erik Rinsch used funds for a science-fiction series for personal investments. An arbitrator ruled in Netflix’s favor last year. By Danielle Kaye The Justice Department on ...

The idea of the law-abiding armed citizen—ready, vigilant, and prepared to defend against an imminent threat—is a common refrain in the gun debate. But how often does it actually happen?

Despite this immersive experience, fiction is often dismissed as mere ... Aditi Subramaniam is a neuroscience Ph.D. turned science writer. Her Ph.D. work involved investigating eye movements ...

by seemingly innocuous things — common bacteria in “The War of the Worlds,” water in “Signs” — is not new in science fiction. The so-called Reapers that appear out of the blue to kill ...