Time travel

Each episode of Netflix‘s One Day takes place on July 15 of successive years, from 1988 through 2007. Each year, we check in on the evolving relationship between idle rich boy Dexter Mayhew (Leo Woodall) and the more serious-minded Emma Morley (Ambika Mod), who start out as would-be lovers, instead become friends, and gradually begin to wonder if they had things right the first time.  This structure was introduced in David Nicholls’ 2009 novel of the same name, which has already been adapted into a 2011 film with…

In all my years covering television, I have only ever once cursed out an interview subject, even in jest. This was back in 2009, when I was speaking with Russell T. Davies about the end of his tenure as showrunner of Doctor Who, and the launch of spinoff miniseries Torchwood: Children of Earth. Specifically, I had a bone to pick regarding the departure of Donna Noble, the blunt, hilarious, endearing companion to David Tenant’s Tenth Doctor, played by Catherine Tate. Donna’s character arc was all about how…

Time travel, a longstanding fascination in science fiction, remains a complex and unresolved concept in science. The second law of thermodynamics suggests time can only move forward, while Einstein’s theory of relativity shows time’s relativity to speed. Theoretical ideas like wormholes offer potential methods, but practical challenges and paradoxes, such as the “grandfather paradox,” complicate the feasibility of actual time travel.Will it ever be possible for time travel to occur?Have you ever dreamed of traveling…

Dear Reader, PREMIUM Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano(The Author) I've read 75 books this year, according to my nifty Goodreads tracker. Of these, here are my top six - evenly divided between fiction and non-fiction, including tech, time travel, history, feminism and indigenous wisdom – take your pick. Book 1 of 6: Historical Fiction with a twist Babel by RF Kuang(The Author) When my friend Anna recommended this book to me, I was struck right away by the title. Babel evoked images of a lively mix of…

Early on in Andy Muschietti's The Flash, a solemn Bruce Wayne aka Batman tells Barry Allen aka Flash, “These scars are what have made us who we are. You don't want to change them. Take that from someone who's always lived in the past.” Ezra Miller's The Flash serves as a great piece of caution against Marvel's obsession with multiverse storytelling Ben Affleck, in possibly his last appearance as Bruce Wayne, has a deep sadness in his eyes as he admits that he feels ‘alone.’ The moment hits Batman fans even…

Clara Moskowitz: We’re here today to talk about time travel. A perennial – dare I say, timeless–topic of science fiction, but is it possible? Is there any chance at all that it could actually happen? Lee Billings: No. No, no no no no. (laughs). Well, kinda. Not really. ARGH. I’m Lee Billings. Moskowitz: I’m Clara Moskowitz, and this is Cosmos Quickly, the biweekly space podcast from Scientific American.  Moskowitz: We’re going to have a little friendly debate. Billings: Really? I came for a throwdown. Moskowitz:…

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi AdeyemiImage: Henry Holt and Co.We’re up to our eyeballs in genre books, folks—space capers, fantasy adventures, alt-history thrillers, short-fiction collections, and even a couple of nonfiction books thrown in for good measure. Dive in, and get ready for an amazing season of reading.SeptemberNo One’s Home by D.M. PulleyA family looking for a fresh start moves to a new town to renovate an abandoned mansion, but soon finds there’s no escaping their troubled past—or the home’s…

The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is the farthest humanity has ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of time and the edge of the universe. That image will be followed Tuesday by the release of four more galactic beauty shots from the telescope’s initial outward gazes. View Full ImageThis NASA image shows never-before-seen details of Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies. (Photo: Nasa/AFP)…