February 8, 2009 – "Roll it, Clip Man!" Joss Whedon exclaimed as soon as he sat down in the NYCC screening theater. What he and Tahmoh Penikett had to show us was, in a word, hot. More »

February 7, 2009 – Torchwood's Eve Myles and Euros Lyn showed up to talk about the new miniseries "Children of Earth," telling us that these five hours pack more of a punch than the last two seasons combined. More »

February 7, 2009 – Executive editor Karen Berger was in fine form at this year's Vertigo panel, introducing a crop of new one-dollar monthlies and several original graphic novels on the theme of racial and cultural identity. First up was new monthly The Unwritten, by the Lucifer team of Mike Carey and Peter Gross - ... More »

February 7, 2009 – There was plenty of excitement to go around at the Alien Trespass panel, as producers talked tentacles, defended goo, and even got Robert Patrick and Eric McCormack to access their silly sides. What's the best part of classic black-and-white sci-fi movies from the '50s? More »

January 31, 2009 – Flying, controlling the weather, and turning invisible are officially out. A new blog gives us the goods on the true superpowers of the future. Ever thought about having gamma-ray vision? More »

January 24, 2009 – Turn in your Prius and get ready to rumble, Jetson-style. That's right: There's a new car in town, and it's flying right at you. Developed by former schoolmates of yours truly at the MIT Aero-Astro Department, the Transition calls itself a Roadable Light Sport Aircraft — because apparently it's... More »

January 18, 2009 – You've heard about the death of print sf, but could online outlets for stories of the imagination be just as doomed? Fantasy Magazine has a reality check on the future of speculative fiction. Fantasy Magazine started as a print periodical in 2005 and switched to publishing online issues in February... More »

January 17, 2009 – Quirky, inventive, Oscar-winning writer/director Michel Gondry is penning a new film about time travel, set at MIT. And the physicists went wild! You might remember Gondry for his mind-bending, surrealist movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; More »

January 11, 2009 – Yes, Danny Elfman is composing the score for T4; no, he's not starting with the original theme and working his way out. This maestro is flying by the seat of his pants. Danny Elfman should already be on your iPod's sci-fi scores playlist for the early Batmans, Spider-Man, Hulk, Corpse Bride, and ... More »

January 10, 2009 – The best part of falling for a show is discovering that the actors in it are just as shamelessly fannish as you are. Lo and behold, there are a lot more actor geeks than you think! It's difficult to separate an actor from her character, especially when the acting is of high caliber. More »

December 14, 2008 – In a bid to avoid being pigeonholed as a nerd icon, David Duchovny claimed he never thought The X-Files was science fiction — then blamed The Dark Knight for The X-Files 2's lackluster gross. Maybe that pigeonhole is bigger than we thought.

December 13, 2008 – They are gelatinous, pulsating, tentacled, and sometimes deadly. And they seem to be appearing in ever-increasing swarms across the oceans of the world. According to a recent report from the National Science Foundation, it's time for us to figure out exactly what might be going on with these slim...

December 7, 2008 – If you missed the Doctor Who Prom this summer, don't worry — the BBC will air highlights on New Year's Day. And if you think the BBC was the first to put "Doctor Who" and "prom" in a sentence together, you'd better get hip to Geek Prom:

November 30, 2008 – Cat's eyes look creepy because, at certain sudden angles, they reflect light directly back at you, the viewer. The ever-popular question of invisibility is wrapped up in that ability to reflect light at certain directions, commonly known as the refractive index.

November 30, 2008 – For stargazers everywhere, the challenge of interpreting the constellations can be a tricky one. What exactly could the belt of Orion or the Gemini twins be trying to tell us?

November 29, 2008 – They're too racy, too raw. There's enough tongue in them to make a director blush — and so much grabby-hands that the director, producer, and writer hit the ground in a dead faint. More »

November 29, 2008 – When Russell T. Davies asked Prince Charles to guest star in Doctor Who, the prince's office refused out of hand — such sci-fi tomfoolery is beneath him.

November 23, 2008 – Here we go again. After last year's 14-week struggle between the Writers Guilds of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — More »

November 23, 2008 – When you think of autonomous, unmanned spy vehicles, you probably imagine the telltale shape of a small aircraft overhead, and the suspicious sound of whirring propellers. More »

November 22, 2008 – Yesterday's release of Twilight made certain that your weekend will be filled with the sound of screaming tweeny fangirl hordes, an auditory experience that the movie's lead actor Robert Pattinson described as "terrifying ... More »