The three body problem

Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem – the first volume in his popular science fiction trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past – has entertained and challenged readers since first appearing in Chinese in 2006 and is now coming to Netflix.

Half a century of 2001

2001 reinvented the science fiction genre upon its release in 1968 and left an inedible mark on modern culture, not least in highlighting the dangers of misaligned AI.

Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey

It’s not rocket science – or is it? A UNSW Sydney astronomer explains how the right sci-fi watchlist can make physics easier to understand.