The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers could offer a cheap defense ...

Last year, aboard the USS Preble, the Navy successfully tested this futuristic ... These systems, long the stuff of science fiction, are now becoming a reality — and they could change the ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.