The three-body problem is a familiar puzzle in astrophysics.
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The Netflix series ‘3 Body Problem’ is based on Liu Cixin’s scifi novel that follows what happens to the alien residents of a planet that orbits two stars.
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Australian literature is a rich and largely untapped source of information about how Australians think about AI.
In 3 Body Problem, the character Ye Wenjie wrestles with the Fermi Paradox.
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We have joined a game which has been going on before our arrival, and the strategy that everyone has learned is to hide.
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A century before the Dune films became new classics of the genre, Fritz Lang was making epic fantasies that redefined cinema.
Benedict Wong as Da Shi in 3 Body Problem.
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3 Body Problem tells a story of survival, betrayal, and a relentless quest for human and alien coexistence.
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White saviourism is the paternalistic notion that white people are needed to “save” people of colour from their circumstances.
Oregon’s Umpqua Dunes inspired the desert planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune.’
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When Frank Herbert sat down in 1963 to start writing ‘Dune,’ he wasn’t thinking about how to leave Earth behind. He was thinking about how to save it.
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With an adaptation of Chinese bestseller The Three-Body Problem soon to air on Netflix, Josh Stenberg parses the novel and its many themes.
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Zimmer creates a sound world full of texture, personality and new timbral possibilities.
Wassily Kandinsky – Composition 8 (1923).
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Yevgeny Zamyatin was a born loner and instinctive satirist, whose usual response to collective enthusiasm was to dissent.
The entrance to For All Mankind’s Happy Valley.
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In sci-fi depictions, extraterrestrial habitats have evolved tandem with scientific understanding of conditions on planets
Tom Baker as Doctor Who.
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Set firmly within the BBC’s public service broadcasting ethos of informing, educating and entertaining, Doctor Who quickly became a mainstay of Saturday evening viewing
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Pluto follows German robot detective Gesicht as he traces the mysterious killings of robots and humans.
A couple have been chosen to help humanity survive the coming collapse of the planet.
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Set in the not-so-distant future, Foe poses questions about humanity and what it means to be human in the face of environmental collapse.
The power of putting basic elements in just the right order is key to both Jewish mysticism and computer coding.
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Advanced artificial intelligence is new, but a similar idea has been around for hundreds of years: the power of a just-right sequence of numbers, letters or elements to animate matter.
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It’s remarkable to see these three innovative, bravely experimental and often unsettling Australian story collections – by a debut author and two prize-winners – published so closely together.
Sci-fi books are popular choices.
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Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
Asking if computers will be more intelligent than humans distracts us from grasping the underlying ethical problem with the humans who create and use them.
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Humanity is the only species on earth for whom intelligence is also an ethical liability.
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files.
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What made the series successful was its ability to tap into contemporary cultural moments.
An artist’s vision of a future underwater Lima, Peru, graces the cover of the short story collection ‘Llaqtamasi.’
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In the Global South, a group of writers are rejecting the norms of science fiction and commenting on the future in a way that embraces Indigenous culture.