What do you really know about terms like warp drives and transporters? You likely associate them with Star Trek, but what else? You can expand your knowledge of these and other science-fiction words ...

WHAT is the difference between astronomy and astrology? That’s easy: astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects, while astrology is a load of hokum. Anyone with the most basic ...

THIS dictionary contains ten thousand English terms that are frequently used in the physical sciences and their applied fields, together with separate indexes in French, German and Spanish, conversion ...

In the summer of 1987, movie audiences first met Robocop in the science fiction classic about violence and corrupt corporate power in a future, dystopian Detroit. But the title word is much older than ...

If you're a science fiction fan who enjoys getting lost in internet rabbit holes, may I suggest the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction? The site—newly revamped by Jesse Sheidlower, formerly of ...