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Reading classic science fiction can be a frustrating experience, particularly if you're old enough to remember when everything seemed possible. Now, after fifty years, we know the moon landing hasn't ...

If the first thing that pops into your head when you read the title Robot Ethics is science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, then you're like many of the rest of us. The Laws were ...

Talks of The Wild Robot 2 being in development have begun swirling following the massive success of the first film. According to author Peter Brown, he’s cautiously optimistic that one is coming.

Too tired to read the little ones a bedtime story after a long day? Japanese researchers may have had the time-poor parent in mind when they developed Ninomiya-kun, a robot capable of reading aloud ...

Fresh off the release of the hit movie adaptation and shortly before the 2025 Oscars, where the flick is nominated for three awards, Peter Brown, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling middle ...