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Image: Titan BooksHalf the joy of being a science fiction fan is basking in cool sci-fi stuff: spaceships, laser guns, far-off worlds, fantastic new frontiers. And while we can enjoy those things as they’re unfolding in a story, sometimes it’s nice to be able to spend a bit more quiet time with them and really dive deep.On October 3, you can do that with the Apple TV+ show Foundation. That’s when Foundation: The Art and Making of Seasons 1 & 2 is coming out from Titan Books. Written by Mike Avila, this hardcover tome…

Over the years, Boston Dynamics has shared several videos demonstrating the continually improved capabilities of its ATLAS humanoid robot. We know the robot can do everything from hauling heavy goods to performing parkour-caliber backflips, but if the company really wants to convince us that ATLAS will one day be an invaluable addition to the workforce, it’s going to need to follow the same rules that apply to its human co-workers.Today, Boston Dynamics shared a couple of new videos of its humanoid robot in action on…

Foundation — premiering Friday on Apple TV+ — is technically based on the eponymous series of novels written by Isaac Asimov. But when Asimov began writing the series in the 1940s, he wasn't writing a novel but merely a series of short stories. Chronicling the fall of a Galactic Empire that has stood for over 12,000 years, the events of the Foundation books span centuries. Asimov had a penchant for jumping time frequently, with characters introduced and forgotten quickly. There's little connective tissue between the…