science fiction
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The science fiction trilogy 3 Body Problem is based on Chinese author Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The bonus structure, laid out in SpaceX's prospectus filed with US regulators Wednesday, reads less like a compensation agreement and more like a science fiction plot.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The idea of orbital solar-power systems has been around for decades, discussed in the pages of an Isaac Asimov science fiction story published in 1941 and explored at universities and government research laboratories.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Cryopreservation, the process of preserving biological tissue by cooling it to extremely low temperatures, often sounds like something out of science fiction.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
The idea of wormholes between different regions of space-time was not an invention of science fiction writers but came from a very respectable source.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
