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Rather than an industrial solution to excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, a retired UCI physicist looks to nature

Gregory Benford, science fiction author and professor emeritus of physics & astronomy at UCI, is the 2019 winner of the Heinlein Award, bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. The award is in recognition of Benford’s body of work, including 32 novels – among […]

In the spirit of UCI’s forward-thinking founders, campus researchers see beyond the present to create a brilliant future

In the spirit of Halloween, we offer a witches’ brew of peculiar probes and freaky findings by UCI researchers

An avid reader, student and teacher of science fiction, UCI English professor Jonathan Alexander particularly enjoys stories about Mars. In honor of Curiosity, he’s put together a list of his 10 favorites.

Here’s the pitch: A brilliant neuroscientist who can identify psychopaths by studying their brain imaging scans and genetic data makes a startling discovery. After learning there are eight killers among his ancestors — including notorious ax murderer Lizzie Borden, a distant cousin — he finds that he shares their biological predisposition to murder. Mitigating environmental […]

UC Irvine physics professor and award-winning science fiction author Gregory Benford will write the introductory essays for “The Wonderful Future That Never Was,” a collection of predictions made in the pages of “Popular Mechanics” that reflects societies hopes and fears.

‘Benford beacons’ concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

A panel of acclaimed local science fiction writers come to UC Irvine to discuss how Philip K. Dick – author of some of the bleakest and most influential science fiction in American literature – was influenced by Orange County, where he spent the last 10 years of his life.

Books by UC Irvine faculty suit all tastes.