as the "fiction" part of science-fiction also needs to do some heavy lifting to elevate the most grounded premises. "The Martian" succeeds in doing so, as it re-frames a perseverance story into ...

The future scientist, an avid reader of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s science fiction, would pass evenings ... “The fanciful Martian megafauna,” John Updike wrote many years later for this magazine ...

Science fiction authors lost interest in Mars for a while though. Especially when NASA's early Mars missions painted a picture of a planet devoid of all life. There were no Martian queens or ...

When a science fiction movie gets nominated for Oscars, you know it's something special. The Martian is one of the more recent movies but it has earned its spot. While the movie is Cast Away in ...

"The Martian" — last year's must-see film based ... "What Andy did is kind of unique in science fiction," Green told Business Insider, referring to Andy Weir, the author of the book.

The Martian showcases scientific accuracy in ... threat of technological development like artificial intelligence, science fiction novels prey on and generate some of the biggest cultural ...

Science fiction films are a firm favourite for many. And while the genre specialises in speculative ideas, there is still a place for factual accuracy. Often, however, scientific detail falls by ...

and a host of young people read the science fiction and are inspired to become scientists to learn about Mars.” At an early age, I read Ray Bradbury’s “Martian Chronicles” and also Edgar ...

Space exploration has long been a staple of sci-fi films and TV, from the epic battles in Star Wars to gardening on the Red Planet in The Martian ... He explores the science of four popular ...