sci-fi

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In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Reviving a frozen brain sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, but a new study gives clues to how scientists might one day do that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

One of them, XPrize & Singularity University founder and chair Peter H. Diamandis, just launched a $3.5 million fund to promote optimistic sci-fi films to counter the AI doomsday narrative.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

‘Dune’ stars Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet return to close out the famed sci-fi trilogy with ‘Dune 3.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“Martinsdale Colony? I’m picturing sci-fi pods of extraterrestrials.”

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti