In the fiction of Joanna Russ we find such a story ... Sheldon's feminism is thus subtly limited. Although she empathetically represents women as alienated, "toothless" victims, she is far less able ...

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate and encourage women in the fields of science and technology. The day is named after “Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace, born Byron”, or ...

We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

"the saddest aspect of life right now is that science fiction gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Black women have always gathered knowledge faster than society writ large ...

an inspiring and innovative group who are driving change for women around the world. I am not a fan of science fiction. It's a genre that bores me and as much as I have tried, over the years ...