science fiction
noun
: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component
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Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
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Houston had just learned that Australian science fiction author Greg Egan had found a new length for the shortest superpermutations, expressed as:
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2025
While in 1968 Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey had broken the mold of science fiction’s notoriously primitive effects, that film was deliberately slow-paced.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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—David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
This ambitious live series starring Richard Coogan was the first-ever science fiction and space adventure program to hit the airwaves.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2025
While in 1968 Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey had broken the mold of science fiction’s notoriously primitive effects, that film was deliberately slow-paced.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
View 2 Images Looking like something out of a science fiction thriller, Diehl Defence is showing off its CICADA eMissile, which is the centerpiece of the company's Sky Sphere system for defending against Class 1 and 2 small drones with minimal collateral damage.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
This ambitious live series starring Richard Coogan was the first-ever science fiction and space adventure program to hit the airwaves.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Science fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/science%20fiction. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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