March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... of plastic discs or aluminium plates strung in a way that was reminiscent of chainmail. Rabanne extended his research to popular science fiction when he designed the costumes for the classic cult film Barbarella in 1968, which is set in the 41st...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
..., without having to undergo prior modifications, nor significant alterations deemed too dangerous or disabling. But scientists and science fiction writers have been quick to consider interfering with the boundaries of the body itself; the first step...
13 April 2019
Space Sirens, Scientists and Princesses
... earlier movies and rarely appeared as leading characters, but there are many interesting exceptions to the rule in science fiction. Think: Ripley in The Alien franchise, the ‘tooled up’ Sarah Conner in Terminator 2 and Trinity in the Matrix. As with...
February 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
...that you can put outside of the Space Station. Now, in science fiction it looks easy, going from inside to outside of the space .... One of the things you don’t get to see in science fiction movies (because they’re usually too busy saving the universe) ...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... a spotlight on congressional discourse, annual budgets, fictional representations, the narratives promoted by leading commercial space..., and as someone who intensely loves the legacy of science fiction, I struggle with letting go of some of these ...
May 2024
DNA across the universe - the new Noah’s Ark?
... humanity’s fate in the universe. Another influential supporter is Li Miao, the famous astrophysicist, cosmologist and writer of science and science fiction for children and adults, now at Sun Yat-Sen University School of Astronomy and Physics. What...
