Many of Philip K. Dick’s works have translated into Hollywood hits, but these sci-fi masterpieces remain unadapted.

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A brilliantly produced and ferociously acted time-and-space obsessed drama that has plenty on its mind, but has trouble communicating it.

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For more than a century the speed of light was treated as an unbreakable cosmic limit. Now physicists are revisiting that ...

One could even argue that Prime Video's sci-fi lineup has an indie film aesthetic. I mean, sure, there are algorithms for ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that Mars clocks tick slightly faster—and fluctuate over the ...

In September, California became the first state to enact a statute to regulate developers of large artificial intelligence (AI) models. Until now, most state laws that regulate AI have focused on the ...

In a year when Marvel sputtered, the newly formed DC Universe rose to the occasion with Superman, offering an earnest and optimistic response to superhero fatigue. Meanwhile, James Cameron brought us ...

Christopher Nolan’s ambitious science-fiction thriller Tenet will soon be leaving Netflix. The high-concept film, which includes time-bending concepts, earned global attention for both its technical ...

Stephen King’s 1978 novel “The Stand” was a seminal work of apocalyptic horror, republished in 1990 with 400 added pages that had been cut earlier. “The End of the World as We Know It” (Gallery, 800 ...

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