Often what we love most about our favorite sci-fi and fantasy television shows and movies are the gadgets (or, should I say, props). Yes, there are the beloved characters, the spellbinding storylines, ...

In 1818, Mary Shelley proved that girls do love science fiction after all: she created the genre with Frankenstein. Ever since, sci-fi has always featured a vast array of amazing technology. Naturally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Science fiction’s predictions of the future aren’t always spot-on. For instance, we’re now more than 20 years after the war ...

We don't quite have phasers yet, but Dr Martin Cooper - who invented mobile phones - has always said that Star Trek's communicators inspired him. Mirror Tech takes a look at how close we are to ...

Films have always had a penchant for imagining technologies that were meant for ages ...

For four decades Doraemon, a blue robot cat from the 22nd century, has been an icon of Japan's manga comic world - but now some of its coolest sci-fi gadgets exist in the real world. Invisibility ...

Blockbuster films might have notably big budgets - but sometimes, due to resource, ease or time constraints, props have to be turned around quickly. And the fastest way to do that appears to be by ...

Sci-fi has the great power of making science feel cool. Maybe it straddles the line of nerdy a little too often, but ultimately you can’t convince me that the average person wouldn’t enjoy, even a ...

Loki stands out as one of the best sci-fi shows on Disney+, with its intricate time travel plot, high production quality, and ...

The first sighting of a smartwatch in fiction was way back in the 1930s with the comic strip adventures of Dick Tracy. His was mostly used to communicate with headquarters, complete with TV display, ...