Inspired by recent advances in bioprinting, resident sci-fi author Gareth L. Powell takes a look at some of the weirder possible applications of the technology.

With net zero dominating industry discussion resident sci-fi author Gareth L. Powell considers some extreme technological solutions to the climate crisis.

Tiny nanobots able to self-organise into useful structures, materials, tools and machines might one day transform the world of engineering, writes resident sci-fi author Gareth L. Powell

Engineers often get a raw deal in science fiction. They’re the ones whose hubris causes them to build a starship that fails, or construct a computer that becomes sentient and threatens humankind....

In the wake of claims that a google chatbot had achieved sentience resident sci-fi author Gareth L. Powell takes a look at what might happen if our machines began to think for themselves

A bleak, dystopian future isn’t inevitable. Resident science fiction writer Gareth L. Powell offers a more encouraging vision of how technology, and engineers, might shape our grandchildren’s world.

Following the inaugural flight of NASA’s Ingenuity, science fiction writer Gareth L. Powell considers the future of powered flight on other planets

Forget the "Terminator scenario". The future of AI based warfare could be far weirder than that writes Gareth L Powell

Now that the world’s richest men are turning their attention to other planets, our resident science fiction author, Gareth L. Powell considers what kind of future they might have to build when they...

Resident science fiction author, Gareth L. Powell, takes a look at the potential of new developments to enable us to travel to the stars