Technically Fiction

  1. Earth

    Never-ending storms make for good plot twists. Could they plague Earth?

    While the thunderstorms in The Legend of Zelda defy physics, plenty of places on Earth experience extreme weather.

    By Aaron Tremper
  2. Life

    Talking dogs and chatty cats could one day ‘speak’ in our language

    Advances in decoding animal sounds might someday make animal translators a possibility.

    By Laura Sanders
  3. Earth

    To make a ‘Snowball Earth,’ sci-fi moves fast. Geology is far slower

    The Day After Tomorrow, Snowpiercer, Snowball Earth: Such end-of-days visions of a frozen Earth are fantastical … but can contain a snowflake of truth.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  4. Science & Society

    Project Hail Mary made us wonder how to survive a trip to interstellar space

    We can take some clues from hibernation and cryogenics, but humans aren't yet built for that kind of deep sleep.