Science Fiction

During Space Week in October we called for entries for a Short Story Competition based on Mars. We received some stellar entries (pun intended) and our judges Science Editor Neasa McGarrigle, Literature Editor Conor O'Donovan, and Space…

One million of us dear humans are going to Mars. How? Elon Musk’s very large rocket. No seriously, Musk is building a rocket bigger than a football field to fly to Mars. This isn’t the first outrageous task Musk has set his enormous brain…

When Fringe called it a day in 2013, after 100 episodes, one of the best sci-fi shows of the last decade came to an end. In-between monsters, shape-shifters, time-travelling and multiple universes, Fringe was a show all about family.…

All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver…

“With the thoughts I’d be thinking I could be another Lincoln” sang the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. He wanted a brain despite the fact he had enough intelligence to write and perform a song about it. Neill Blomkamp’s third feature film…